Alt.Musica at Parallel Play


“Alt.Musica at Parallel Play” by Jeremy Sutton, iPad pro, Apple Pencil and Procreate app

This art was created live at the “Parallel Play: ENCORE” on Sunday, April 21, featuring the music of the Alt.Musica ensemble.

ART & MUSIC collided again in the rooftop studio of artist Peggy Gyulai, featuring fellow artist Jeremy Sutton. Peggy and Jeremy drew the splendid musicians of ALT.MUSICA featuring Elaine Alt on Soprano, Alto, Tenor & Baritone saxophones, Clarinet in A, and Voice, with the alt.musica string quartet and rhythm section, as they played ten songs composed by Elaine Alt as well as Oscar Moore, Johannes Brahms, Malcolm X, Aeion Solar, Miles Davis, Charles Mingus and Dave Brubeck. The music style incorporates contrasts and mashups of Swing, Latin Jazz, Funk, Afro-Cuban and Classical elements.

Recordings for all of them are linked at

Parallel Play Encore

The set list was as follows:

Set I

It Only Happens Once
Composed by Frankie Lane, Arranged by D. Elaine Alt
Swing Ballad 104 bpm
4 minutes

Windows
Composed by D. Elaine Alt
Latin Jazz (2/3 Rhumba Clave) 104 bpm
6 minutes

You Don’t Know What Love Is
Composed by Raye/du Paul, Arranged by D. Elaine Alt
Jazz Ballad 54 bpm
6 minutes

Don’t Wait for Me
Composed by D. Elaine Alt
Latin Jazz 148 bpm
8 minutes

As It Was
Composed by D. Elaine Alt
Afro-Cuban 104 bpm
9 minutes

Set II

Beautiful Moons Ago
Composed by O. Moore, Arranged by D. Elaine Alt
Swing 112 bpm
4 minutes

Self-Immolation
Composed by Johannes Brahms & D. Elaine Alt, Arranged by D. Elaine Alt
Classica/Funk 100 bpm
7 minutes

We Declare
Composed by D. Elaine Alt, Lyrics by Malcolm X
Martial Jazz/Afro-Cuban Ballad 92 bpm
5 minutes

Bechaini
Composed by Devendra Sharma, Arranged by D. Elaine Alt
Indian Nauntanki 58 pbm
6 minutes

Stomping Ground
Composed by D. Elaine Alt
Latin Jazz/Swing 172 bpm
8 minutes

Painter-in-Residence
Music at Kohl Mansion
Apr. 14 & May 12

I am the Painter-in-Residence for the current 2018 / 2019 season at Music at Kohl Mansion – an annual series of chamber concerts in the historic Kohl Mansion, Burlingame, California. Click here (or on the image above) to be linked to the Music at Kohl Mansion June 2018 newsletter with information about the season. For the two remaining concerts of the season on April 14th and May 12th I will paint live on my iPad as the musicians play and display artworks afterwards in the refreshments room that were created at the Music at Kohl Mansion concerts. It’ll be wonderful to see you at these last two concerts!

The artwork featured in this announcement is my iPad painting Horszowski Trio at Kohl Mansion.


Horszowski Trio, Feb. 12th, 2017, Franz Schubert Trio in E-Flat, Opus 100, D.929, 1. Allegro

Here are some other works created during Music at Kohl Mansion concerts.

Gryphon Trio, March 24th, 2019. The music featured on this replay video is Antonín Dvořák’s “Dumky” Trio No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 90, B. 166, one of the pieces they played in this concert.

Miró Quartet, December 9th, 2018, String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13, composed by Felix Mendelssohn in 1827.

The tools I use for these paintings are the iPad Pro 12.9 (3rd Gen.), Apple Pencil 2 and the Procreate app.

Each image is enabled with Augmented Reality that will show the replay video on any mobile device via the free HP Reveal app.

Many thanks to the fabulous and inspiring performers and to Patricia and her magnificent Music at Kohl Mansion team!

Gryphon Trio
Music at Kohl Mansion



This time-lapse replay video shows the unfolding of the creative process of an iPad painting that was created on March 24th, 2019, during a concert of the Gryphon Trio at the historic Kohl Mansion in Burlingame, CA, part of Music at Kohl Mansion for which I am Painter-in-Residence for their 2018-2019 season. The music featured on this replay video is Antonín Dvořák’s “Dumky” Trio No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 90, B. 166, one of the pieces they played in this concert.

Many thanks to the fabulous and inspiring Gryphon Trio and to Patricia and her magnificent Music at Kohl Mansion team!

Spring Open Studios
April 5 – 7, 2019

LOCATION: 1890 Bryant Street Studios, Studio 306, San Francisco, CA 94110 (cross street Mariposa)

HOURS:
Friday, April 5th, 2019, 6pm – 9pm, Opening Reception featuring live art and music, plus “Gemini: Portrait of Laurel” unveiling.
Saturday and Sunday, April 6th and 7th, 2019, Noon – 6pm

OPENING RECEPTION

Unveiling of my latest “slow” project, a 5′ x 6′ acrylic painting on canvas “Gemini: Portrait of Laurel”, presented in public for the first time. Followed by artist and model chat where we shared some thoughts and reflections on the experience of creating this painting, Q & A, and spoken word poetry reading by Laurel, who is a philosophic poet and singer / songwriter, as well as a model.

Live music by singer Lilan Kane with Noam Eisen on piano + live iPad drawing by Jeremy.

Click here to see photos and videos from the Fall Open Studios 2018.
Click here to see photos and videos from the Spring Open Studios 2018.
Click here to see photos and videos from the Fall Open Studios 2017.

Live Painting
Michael Cerbelli’s: The Hot List
ILEA Philadelphia

Aemi

I created iPad portraits from life of guests and live painted the stage presentation at the Michael Cerbelli’s “The Hot List™” 2019 in Moulin, Philadelphia, hosted by the International Live Events Association (ILEA) Greater Philadelphia chapter. I share here the replay of Michael’s presentation (at bottom of this page) plus some of the portrait time-lapse replays that show the brush stroke by brush stroke creative process. I used an iPad Pro 12.9 (3rd Generation), Apple Pencil 2 and Procreate app. Each portrait subject received the special and unique take-away of digital files of their portrait and the replay video immediately on completion, which they could then share on their social media.

Mario

Dylan & Bobby

Angela

Carmen

Kris

Meagan & Alicia

Jeremy Sutton Live Event Painting, as featured in:

Here is a set of links to all of Michael Cerbelli’s “The Hot List™” 2019 presentations where I have performed live:

January 2019, The Special Event (TSE) show, San Diego, CA

February 2019, New York City, NY

March 2019, International Live Events Association (ILEA), Greater Philadelphia Chapter, PA

June 2019, Meeting Professionals International (MPI)’s World Education Congress (WEC), Toronto, Canada

iPad Portraits at Artspan
Art Benefit Auction VIP Preview



Cindy & Chris


I created iPad portraits of guests at the Artspan Benefit Art Auction VIP Preview Celebration at SOMArts, San Francisco, on March 21, 2019. I share here some of the portraits I created including the time-lapse replay videos showing the entire brush stroke by brush stroke creative process, plus a few photos of the scene as the portraits were being created. I used an iPad Pro 12.9 (3rd generation), Apple Pencil 2 and Procreate app. Each portrait subject received the special and unique take-away of digital files of their portrait and the replay video immediately on completion, which they could then share on their social media. My donation to the auction was a framed print of my iPad painting Art of Jazz which sold in the silent auction. Congratulations to the Artspan team on a great event and for the good work they do in supporting the visual arts in San Francisco.




Jen




Joan


Curtis & Michael


Audrey


Vicki & David

“Life-Live”
Arc Gallery, San Francisco

I am one of five Bay Area artists selected to be in the annual invitational “Life-Live” group show of Figure Drawings at the Arc Gallery & Studios:
Date & Time: Until April 6th, 2019. Arc Gallery Hours: Wednesdays & Thursdays 1-6PM and Saturdays 12-3PM
Address: Arc Gallery & Studios, 1246 Folsom Street, San Francisco, CA 94103 (between 8th and 9th Streets in SOMA)
The other participating artists are: Arlene Diehl, Eric Saint Georges, Diane Olivier and Allison Snopek.

Here are the five artworks I have exhibited at this show:

Diana Looks Down, 2011, Acrylic ink and charcoal on paper, 17.5 x 23.5 inches (detail)


Jaycee Reclining, 2018, Crayon, ink and graphite on paper, 16.5 x 23.5 inches


Laurel Sitting, 2018, Acrylic on canvas, 27 x 22 inches (detail)


Inky in Two Tone, 2017, Acrylic ink on paper, 16 x 12 inches (detail)


Inky in Sepia, 2017, Acrylic ink and graphite on paper, 16 x 12 inches (detail)




Jaycee above the wine table…

On March 16 all five participating artists drew from the model in a Live Drawing session. From the curator’s statement: The 8th Annual Life-Live assembles five amazing practitioners of life drawing. Arc Gallery will be exhibiting their work in the Project Gallery. On Saturday, March 16th, the artists will be showcasing their skills “live” in figure drawing sessions open to the public in the main gallery. The gestural drawings will be ripped from their sketchbooks & displayed where they will be immediately for sale at $100 each. The remaining drawings are still available for purchase in the Gallery until the show comes down. The photos at the top of this page, taken by Peggy, show the two models, Titiana and Titine, in the clothed warm-up poses.

Here are photos and some of my drawings from the “Live Drawing” session on March 16:

Titine, 15 x 22 inches, acrylic ink and pastel on Arches 100% Rag 140 lb. Cold Press Watercolor Paper


Titine, 15 x 22 inches, acrylic ink and pastel on Arches 100% Rag 140 lb. Cold Press Watercolor Paper


Titiana, 15 x 22 inches, acrylic ink and pastel on Arches 100% Rag 140 lb. Cold Press Watercolor Paper


Titiana, 15 x 22 inches, acrylic ink and pastel on Arches 100% Rag 140 lb. Cold Press Watercolor Paper


Titiana, 15 x 22 inches, acrylic ink and pastel on Arches 100% Rag 140 lb. Cold Press Watercolor Paper


Titiana, 15 x 22 inches, acrylic ink and pastel on Arches 100% Rag 140 lb. Cold Press Watercolor Paper


Titiana, 15 x 22 inches, acrylic ink and pastel on Arches 100% Rag 140 lb. Cold Press Watercolor Paper


Titine, 15 x 22 inches, acrylic ink and pastel on Arches 100% Rag 140 lb. Cold Press Watercolor Paper


Laurel, drawing and in person

Featured Artist
TEDxBerkeley 2019



I was invited to live paint the entire day of wonderful, inspiring and fascinating presentations and performances at the TEDxBerkeley 2019: Infle(x)ion in the Zellerbach Auditorium of the UC Berkeley campus on March 9th, 2019 where they were celebrating their tenth anniversary. See the TEDxBerkeley YouTube channel to see video of all the presentations and performances and the TEDxBerkeley 2019 List of Speakers & Performers for their social media handles, links and web sites (I’ve also included their web site links below).

I created a single painting throughout the day using the latest iPad Pro 12.9 with Apple Pencil 2 and the Procreate app. In the video (above) you can see the time-lapse replay of the entire painting process, accompanied by Andrew Chen’s beautiful rendition of Schubert’s Piano Sonata in G Major which he played as everyone gathered in the morning, and see the moment when Royce Lovett had everyone light up the hall with their phones as he sang his beautiful and moving song Ballad (Fly).


I am absolutely AMAZED by how you brought our talks to life in your art. Thank you for all of your incredible work and support for our event.
Saher Daredia, TEDxBerkeley Co-Curator

Thank you so much for joining us this year! Our team, speakers, and audience really appreciated your beautiful artwork and presence at the event!
Madhav Nekkar, TEDxBerkeley Co-Curator


Below are the various stages of the painting, representing all the presenters and performers in chronological order as they appeared on stage.



Andrew Chen, Piano




Opening Remarks: Saher Daredia and Madhav Nekkar (TEDxBerkeley Co-Curators), and Jenny Flores (Bank of the West – a key sponsor for event)




UC Berkeley Raas Ramzat




Jeremy Richman – My deepest condolences to Jeremy’s family and friends on his tragic passing.




Adrianna Quintero




Miko Fogarty




Tim Freke




Heather Bowerman




Scott Stephens




Shontina Vernon




Salsa@Cal!




Nanxi Liu in conversation with Aaron Cheiliah




Haroon Moghul




Amberly Lago




Ben Goertzel




Niloufar Talebi




Dan Mulhern




Royce Lovett




UC Jazz




David J. Peterson




Fernando Perez





https://profiles.ucsf.edu/daniel.ciccarone” target=”_blank”>Dan Ciccarone




Zhen Dao




Eoin Harrington and Lucinda Belle


My time-lapse replay was shown during breaks in the Zellerbach Hall lobby area and then afterwards at the reception. Here are some photos:




Watching replay in the lobby




With Niloufar and my painting of her on stage



With Amberly and a print of my painting of her on stage


Thanks and congratulations to the fabulous TEDxBerkeley team (including all the amazing volunteers) on a great event and on their tenth anniversary! Thanks also to all the Zellerbach Hall and UC Berkeley staff who helped.

iPad Picasso Article

This article, iPad Picasso Jeremy Sutton Paints Your Events, published in the Meetings Today online magazine, was written by Michael Cerbelli of the Michael Cerbelli’s The Hot List which I am featured on. See the San Diego, New York City and Philadelphia events I performed in as part of his The Hot List 2019. I’ll be on stage again when Michael presents The Hot List at the MPI’s World Education Congress in Toronto, June 17th.

Finally, by coincidence, after this article was published I portrayed Picasso using an iPad at the Daffodil Ball in Montréal.

Live Event Painting
Washington, D.C.


At this corporate event I created, over the course of two and a half hours, an artistic interpretation that combined the scene I saw unfold before me at the reception with the Washington, D.C., skyline and iconic buildings.

In the process of making this live artwork I focused on using the colors that related to the company branding.

The tools used were the iPad Pro 12.9 (3rd Gen.), Apple Pencil 2 and Procreate app.

Here is a 48″ x 16″ framed pigment inkjet print made for the client.