Title: To the Right of Spring: portrait of Igor Stravinsky
Material: oil on canvas
Size: 36×24
Year: 2014
“I have learned throughout my life as a composer chiefly through my mistakes and false assumptions, not by my exposure to founts of wisdom and knowledge.” — Igor Stravinsky
I have seen these gold-green and gold-orange colors while meditating, and I suspect that these visuals have something to do with fertility and creative inspiration, so I use them here. On Igor’s jacket I employ the same pattern that appeared on the actual Rite of Spring dancers’ costumes.