Synesthesia is the title of a commission created for the Department of Music at State College of Florida (SCF) in 2012. This project evolved from conversations with faculty about artwork specific for their new music facility. The process involved me photographing actual student musicians in order to capture the action and immediacy of the live performance. I referenced my photographs while making my drawings later in the studio. From a phenomenological standpoint, I am intrigued by how we perceive the world through the senses. Concerning synesthesia, I set about looking for ways to describe sound in graphic terms. By extension, my series describes how sound, shape, color, tone, texture and volume are all inexplicably intertwined by means of the senses and, thus, synesthesia. Furthermore, and because music is time based, in some images, I incorporated historical and cultural antecedents to create a sense of nostalgia for the past or for what the music might sound like in the present.

This collection is on permanent display at State College of Florida, Manatee/Sarasota.