Grant Green #1
by Barbara McMahon
Title
Grant Green #1
Artist
Barbara McMahon
Medium
Painting - Oil On Canvas/digital B&w
Description
This oil painting of Grant Green is part of a series of works jazz and blues artists from the 1930's onward. Grant Green (June 6, 1935 St. Louis, Missouri – January 31, 1979; New York; was a jazz guitarist and composer. A severely underrated player during his lifetime, Grant Green is one of the great unsung heroes of jazz guitar ... Green's playing is immediately recognizable -- perhaps more than any other guitarist. Green's primary influences were saxophonists, particularly Charlie Parker, and his approach was therefore almost exclusively linear rather than chordal. The simplicity and immediacy of Green's playing, which tended to avoid chromaticism, derived from his early work playing rhythm and blues and, although at his best he achieved a synthesis of this style with bop, he was essentially a blues guitarist and returned almost exclusively to this style in his later career. I hope you enjoy viewing this work. Barbara McMahon
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December 11th, 2012
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Comments (11)
Sarah Rachel
Gorgeous piece! Brilliantly done. I like very much that you have written about the musician with passion too, it makes it even more special L/F
Linda Bianic
Brilliant work! I don't often see black and white oils, this is superb, all of them are! f/v
Kathleen Peltomaa Lewis
This image is stunning. V, and I have featured on Proud to be a Canadian Painter
Paul Lovering
A beautiful style and composition ..... Woawwwwwwwwwwwwwww I Love this !
Barbara McMahon replied:
Thank you so much Paul! Coming from a Master Portrait Painter, your lovely comment means so much!