Elizabeth Mikellides

The intersection of music and drawing is at the core of my artistic practice.  

My inspiration comes from music as I played the piano for several years and even considered becoming a professional pianist. As such, I have a strong personal respect and connection to music – especially to Bach! I am fascinated by lines and the fact that ‘straight’ lines don’t really exist. This is one of the reasons I choose to work digitally – to achieve a certain precision and the same applies to the colours I use. 

I prefer to work with colours made up of numbers and letters (via illustrator) rather than mixing paint on a palette. This way of working also helps me adhere to a system that I can use over an over again. Each music note has a specific colour so that when I translate pieces of music, one artwork can be easily referenced against another. 

Similarly, to language translation, we look for the most accurate word or phrase to employ when moving from one language to the next. This is what I am aiming to do. There is, however, an element of interpretation involved, since strict translation isn’t always possible – this is where the subjective element comes in to play. I may choose to depict the mood of the music in my visual work by applying a certain texture or use different shapes in my work. 

After some time teaching in Brussels, I returned to the UK in 2019, which is when I started creating art in a professional capacity since my art studies. I now enjoy taking commissions also, whereby I translate favourite pieces of music into their visual equivalents.

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