“JAZZ AT THE BAY”  (PRINT REPRODUCTION FROM OIL PAINTING)  

This is the Official Poster from the 2001 Holdfast Bay Jazz Festival. The original painting is a large oil on canvas, and is displayed permanently in the Bay Discovery Centre at Glenelg, South Australia.

The idea behind the painting came from the work I was doing on the Jazz Is Art series. After preliminary discussions with the festival organisers and several photo snaps in Glenelg, I progressed the early stages of the painting to include the Town Hall in the background, before adding various other touches to the characters featured in the foreground. I love using layers of thick paint where I can, but this proved to be a small problem when trying to get the paint to dry in the colder weather prior to delivery! Still, there’s nothing like a dose of good jazz to warm up a cold studio, and much of my inspiration to produce art these days comes from this amazing music which I consider an art form in itself.

 

A3 Reproductions like the one featured here can be purchased by emailing me.

There is a limited edition print run of 500 signed and 500 unsigned available for those of you who want a special souvenir of the Glenelg Jazz Festival 2001.