LATEST VISUAL INTERPRETATION OF MUSIC

MADAMA BUTTERFLY

http://youtu.be/-IHDZsLzdpA

Music: Giacomo Puccini

Visual Interpretation of music : Susan Dobay

Explores the consequences of obsessive devotion. Pincerton, a U.S. Navy officer in Japan, contracts what he considers a temporary marriage to Cio-Cio-San, called Butterfly who renounces religion and family in her adoration for him. When Pincerton leaves for America Butterfly ignores warning of his unfaithfulness and awaits his return. She is shattered when Pinkerton returns with an American wife.
Butterfly ends her unbearable misery with her father's sword.

 

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Congratulations on Madama Butterfly!

 

Puccini is one of my favorite composers who knew human passions and expressed them well.

You give back magnificently these passions with colors.

By alternating the flags beyond the butterfly, you showed amazingly the meetings of cultures. We have seen the butterflies and knives in earlier works, but here they have a decisive prominent part as the play of occurrence.

 

Kurti Katalin,  Art historian

MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE

               BALANCE BETWEEN MATTER AND SPIRIT
                               Photos by Reka Barczy

A MULTI-MEDIA PRESENTATION AT THE ALTADENA LIBRARY

 
It was so much joy to have a receptive audience at the Altadena Library.

" Susan, Congratulations and best wishes for your remarkable achievements in the field of classical art,
in paintings with different media.

Your expressions and combinations of colors are uniquely fresh and shows an individual inimitable style and imagination. Brilliant."
 
Judith Nesleny, pianist


" It was wonderful to see you and your lovely and thought provoking artwork. Your art makes me fell much more aware and alive! Thank you !
Jeannette Miyamoto.

 
Pauli Dutton introducing artist Susan Dobay

" Thank you Susan for your wonderful and inspiring program. I know it must have touched the hearths of many of those there that day as it did mine"

Pauli Dutton, Principal Librarian







POETS ON SITE WITH RICK WILSON FLUTIST
Thank you once again for creating this opportunity for us to collaborate and for sharing glimpses of the artist, her art and our energized poetic responses.
                                                                                                  Joan Stern, Poet

                                                             

Inspired by the Impressions of China art work the poets gave a brilliant performance

Founder of Poets on Site Kath Abela Wilson and her husband Rick Wilson

                   

"The joy of sharing with one another , and our dear friend Susan Dobay taking such delight with us, in our collaborations,  the feeling of community, of a shared goal, and we have this poetic joy together. It makes me so happy that Poets on Site exist, I love what we do together."

"We loved the documentary even more than the first time. I was so happy to see the revelation and progression so importantly shown of your paintings....most people watching it might not known about them-and it really gives an expansive view of your work......and takes people back and forth form your great appreciation and use of technology to the beginnings and strong developments of your paintings."

Kath Abela Wilson , Poet

 

 

Dialog with Principal Librarian Pauli Dutton who made possible this Multi-media presentation at the Library.

 Listening to the documentary/interview Film by filmmaker and interviewer  Lance Mungia
The 7minutes segment gives a glimpse into the one hour film that was projected during the event http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UO5dt2G4ORA

 

Tina Wallin who hang the artwork for this exhibit
and took some of the photos this afternoon.

Endre Dobay husband and partner of Susan Dobay at Scenic Drive Gallery talking with the audience

A MULTI-MEDIA PRESENTATION WITH ARTIST SUSAN DOBAY Film, Art, Music, Poetry and Discussion

RECEVED A GIFT

I would like to share with you the following comment:

Dear Susan,

Even if your artworks would be without titles, and not be signed, I still would recognize you.
"That is something" Your artistic disposition is so very unique.
Congratulation to your versatility. You can always give something new through your art to everybody.

Maybe the most important is :
 Optimism radiates from your art.

Reka Barczy, Photographer.

Thanks to those artists,poets, who contributed their talents to the success of our gallery in 2012.

Thanks to all who supported our exhibits, performances, and other cultural events with their presence.

Collections at Scenic Drive Gallery: VISUAL INTERPRETATION OF MUSIC by Susan Dobay

Collections at Scenic Drive Gallery: VISUAL INTERPRETATION OF MUSIC by Susan Dobay: ARTIST'S STATEMENT I feel that collaborating visual art with music will enhance the impact on the emotions and the intellect. It gives me ...Please see NEW COMMENTS

  http://youtu.be/HGFTQBJX6XA

"Life is a wonderful journey and Susan is a VIP guide who shows us the treasure and introduces us with the beauty of the art of all time."
Agnes Kiraly, Diplomat


" Susan Thanks for your  beautiful art work. I love the way you turn music into color, line and form."
Aladin Stadin, Artist

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" Floated into your visual artistic interpretation of La Traviata. Within your world of colors shapes and forms music was there dreaming. With these intuitive artistic interpretations you deepen the experience of the music and the art. A closer look, a slow sweeping a repeated glance, a shifting view, all integrate to create a spaciousness and timelessness. Here one can be moved by the music and art in a new way. There is a drawing in, a slow allure, that happens when watching, and desire to see this again. Each watching creates new visions. Like looking at nature, each time we walk the same path we see new beauties that we did not notice before. The music lures one into the center of the flower. The flower makes the music bloom. It seems to happen all inside one's own head, and in the space of the long kiss. The closed eyes we see there are blissful and do not open they are happy in the sensual listening tangible and intangible world. The open eyes seem constantly musing. Each view, each musing sees a deeper insight, or sense of wondering being experienced and we see it too.
The variation in the shapes and abstractions as well as the clarity of the flowers as if we could pick them are suffused with light. The glow of the candle feels warmly enlivening, repeatedly glowing in the poetic mind, drawing us like moths to the flame of beauty. And so finally this new work of yours is a part of the world, and of my life, I will continue to look, and be inspired!
Kathabela Wilson, Poet, Artist..............