Scales and Tails

Artist

Ren Burke

Year

2016

Description

My design for this year’s Pianos About Town, titled “Scales and Tails”, features a continuous scene of multi-colored fish swimming below the level of the piano’s keyboard, while multi-colored cats hungrily watch the fish above. Behind the cats, the skeletons of fish who have become ‘dinner’, will be painted in a similar pattern to the living fish. The repetition of patterning and dynamic color will be eye-catching, while the cartoonish rendering of the subject matter will offer a light-hearted attitude. Finally, the mention of “Scales” in the title refers to the fish, but also the musical practice scales that all piano players know.

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