Walking in the Moonlight (Large Format).
,
2026
Patrick Piccinelli
Walking in the Moonlight (Large Format).
2026
acrylic paint, varnish, pigment
acrylic paint, varnish, pigment
130
130
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100
100
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Private collection:
Costa Mesa
,
USA
Inspired by the Art Ensemble of Chicago title.
"Walking in the Moonlight" was composed by Roscoe Mitchell and appears on the album "The Third Decade," released in 1985 on the ECM label. This album marks a moment of maturity for the group, where the raw, theatrical energy of their early work gives way to a more refined, atmospheric style, with expansive silences, breathing textures, and a pulse that is more suggested than assertive.
"Walking in the Moonlight" evokes a nocturnal journey: a slow, almost somnambulistic movement through a dimly lit space where only a few landmarks emerge from the darkness. This is the tension found in my composition.
Night and Light in Dialogue:
The contrast between opaque black (night, silence, gravity) and vibrant yellows (the moon, brilliance, treble) structures the entire canvas, just as the music of the Art Ensemble constantly oscillates between sonic density and empty space, between deep rumbles (double bass, percussion) and bursts of brass or wood (Lester Bowie's trumpet, Mitchell and Jarman's reeds). The thin, electric blue-violet line between the two blocks almost acts as a sustained note, a tenuous thread connecting darkness and light, the two halves of the painting.
Inspired by the Art Ensemble of Chicago title.
"Walking in the Moonlight" was composed by Roscoe Mitchell and appears on the album "The Third Decade," released in 1985 on the ECM label. This album marks a moment of maturity for the group, where the raw, theatrical energy of their early work gives way to a more refined, atmospheric style, with expansive silences, breathing textures, and a pulse that is more suggested than assertive.
"Walking in the Moonlight" evokes a nocturnal journey: a slow, almost somnambulistic movement through a dimly lit space where only a few landmarks emerge from the darkness. This is the tension found in my composition.
Night and Light in Dialogue:
The contrast between opaque black (night, silence, gravity) and vibrant yellows (the moon, brilliance, treble) structures the entire canvas, just as the music of the Art Ensemble constantly oscillates between sonic density and empty space, between deep rumbles (double bass, percussion) and bursts of brass or wood (Lester Bowie's trumpet, Mitchell and Jarman's reeds). The thin, electric blue-violet line between the two blocks almost acts as a sustained note, a tenuous thread connecting darkness and light, the two halves of the painting.
