This web site features the art of Live Event Painter Jeremy Sutton.
This time-lapse replay video shows the unfolding of the creative process of an iPad painting that was created on May 12th, 2019, during a concert of the Trio Solisti at the historic Kohl Mansion in Burlingame, CA, part of Music at Kohl Mansion for which I was Painter-in-Residence for their 2018-2019 season.
Many thanks to the fabulous and inspiring Israeli Chamber Project and to Patricia and her magnificent Music at Kohl Mansion team!
This time-lapse replay video shows the unfolding of the creative process of an iPad painting that was created on April 14th, 2019, during a concert of the Israeli Chamber Project 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.
I used an iPad Pro 12.9 (3rd gen.), Apple Pencil and Procreate app to create this. The audio you hear in the video was recorded during the concert from my iPad as I painted and includes the tap-tap-tap of my Apple Pencil on the glass surface of the iPad!
Many thanks to the fabulous and inspiring Israeli Chamber Project and to Patricia and her magnificent Music at Kohl Mansion team!
It is with sadness I heard today, May 5th, of the passing of a legend and my friend Norma Miller at age 99. I first met Norma when I started learning Lindy Hop in the mid 1990s, along with Lindy Hop pioneer Frankie Manning, a fellow member of the Whitey’s Lindy Hoppers troupe that wowed the world in the early 1940s and appeared in the famous dance scene of the film Helzapoppin’. Norma, knownas the Queen of Swing, was a source of seemingly unlimited energy, humor and enthusiasm! In her ’90s she still danced, taught, performed and inspired thousands of dancers around the world, most recently in San Francisco. Her life story is quite amazing and worth reading about. I created this collage portrait on the occasion of her for her 91st birthday in 2010. It was presented to her at a swing event in San Francisco organized by Burnie Gibson. You can see her reaction on first seeing the portrait in the video below.
She will be greatly missed. Her positive spirit and energy will last forever…
If you’re interested to see other related artworks, please visit my portraits of Frankie, Chazz and Dawn, plus my Happy Feet, Happy Paint performance video. I used the creation of this collage portrait of Norma as a case study in my video tutorial series titled Collage Portrait of Norma Miller on PaintboxTV.
On May 4th, 2019, I was the featured iPad painter at the first San Francisco International Art Salon 2019. I started drawing the magnificent performance of Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No.2 by soloist Feona Jones with Naomi Stine on 2nd piano. See Feona’s YouTube channel for the full 35 minute concert with my painting replaying in real time and high quality audio.
Created using the iPad Pro, Apple Pencil and Procreate app.
The next San Francisco International Art Salon will be held on Saturday, June 22, 2019, at the 906 World Cultural Center. I’ll be collaborating with modern dance choreographer Mariana Sobral and the eMotion Arts Dance Co. dancers and a Bay Area cellist playing Bach Cello Suite No. 1 in G, live painting as they perform.
The photos you see below were taken by photographer Eric Raeber. Thanks to Peggy for helping with the videography.
I continued working on the same digital canvas when the next musical performers, Los Tangueros del Oesteand, started playing, accompanied on stage by Tango dancers. You can see the result here.
Sascha Jacobsen, bassist with the tango group, asked me to share this link to his Kickstarter campaign to produce the Los Tangueros del Oeste premier Tango album.
After the tango came an amazing fashion parade and you can see my visual impressions of the costumes and models in the full length replay below of my entire creative process that evening.
To purchase prints of my artworks please visit the Prints page of this site for size and price options.
Thanks to Tibor for organizing this wonderful event!
I painted iPad portraits of guests at the Blue Bear Live 2019, an annual fundraiser for the Blue Bear School of Music. The location this year was the magnificent Ohana Level at the top of the Salesforce Tower in San Francisco. You can see a few of the portrait replays in the video above, plus get an idea of the amazing views.
Here are some portraits from the event:
May 2, 2019
And now for something completely different….On the 500th anniversary of his passing, we celebrated the genius of artist, scientist, entertainer and all-round polymath, Leonardo da Vinci. In the spirit of da Vinci’s relentless cross-disciplinary creative curiosity, guests enjoyed hands-on experience stations, da Vincian style entertainment, short talks / demos, and some light refreshments. Though classified in Eventbrite as a “Seminar or Talk” this was actually an evening that defied conventional definition. From professional artists demonstrating sfumato painting and iPad / AR technique; to a renowned harp performer and teacher playing renaissance music on a Dusty Strings 36 string lever harp similar in size and tonality to harps of the Renaissance; to experts in their fields sharing the latest in medical tech and Artificial Intelligence (AI). Old met new, art met science. Plus there was a fun Vitruvian Instagram photo op (shown in Daniel Kraft’s animated gif he took of me that you see above). This was truly a memorable and stimulating experience.
Location: Jeremy Sutton Studios, 1890 Bryant St,
Date & Time:Thursday, May 2nd, 2019, 7:00pm – 11:00pm
Next one will be May 2nd, 2020 (the 501st anniversary…wear your Levi’s 501s!!)
Cost: $15.19 – chosen after the year of da Vinci’s passing, 1519.
Dress code: informal, anything goes, but for those who like dressing up a bit, there was a prize for the best “da Vinci-inspired / Renaissance chic” dressed!
7:00 – 7:15 – Harp music
7:15 – 7:30 – Intro & Welcome (and a little break dancing!)
Your host, Jeremy Sutton
7:30 – 7:35 – Harp music
7:35 – 8:05 – First presentazione –
Fahad Jalal, High Tech Entrepreneur and Investor
Da Vinci’s Artificial Intelligence
Da Vinci broke down each human behavior (physical, emotional, intellectual) and tried to recreate the isolated behavior via sketches and machines. Fahad looks at where this thinking has led so far in AI and recognizes the role Da Vinci may have played as the inspirational father of AI.
8:05 – 8:15 – Harp music
8:15 – 8:35 – Second presentazione –
Jeremy Sutton, Live Event Painter, Founder of PaintboxTV
iPad da Vinci & Augmented Art
Jeremy painted a quick portrait on the iPad and demonstrated augmentation of his printed images using the apps HP Reveal and Kaleido.
8:35 – 9:00 – Harp music
9:00 – 9:30 – Third presentazione –
Daniel Kraft, MD Faculty Chair for Medicine, Singularity University – Founder and Chair, Exponential Medicine
Beyond the Vitruvian Man: The New Renaissance in Medical Innovation…
Hold onto your seatbelts for this wild ride through the exciting new territory of medical innovation!
8:30 – 9:45 – Harp music
9:45 – 10:00 – Fourth presentazione –
Lynn Michel Taffin
Live Renaissance Music
Lynn is a San Francisco based harp performer and teacher. She has worked with some of the foremost teachers of the harp both in the United States and in Europe where she toured with orchestras and chamber ensembles. She has collaborated with artists from around the world including Zakir Hussain on projects for Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet. Lynn played a beautiful 36 string lever harp, manufactured by Dusty Strings in Seattle, which is similar in size and tonality to harps of the Renaissance.
10:00 – 10:15 – Harp music
10:15 – 10:35 – Fifth presentazione –
Peggy Gyulai, Painter of Music
Infinite Shades of Sfumato: the Smokiness and Mystery of da Vinci’s Oil Technique
10:35 – 10:55 – Conclusione & Thanks, plus best “da Vinci-inspired / Renaissance chic” dressed award (Jeremy)
Tracy Victoria Starr
Charged Series
Fractal burns on wood, created using 2,000 volts of electricity – painting with lightening. These artworks illustrate the universality of branching systems, as noted by da Vinci, such as trees, roots, blood capillaries and river deltas.
Charles Stinson
Devices of Dubious Utility From the Museum of Post-Truth Artifacts
Art objects that include knots and humor, two of da Vinci’s pet topics.
Sabrina (The Sabby Life)
DaVinci Paints The Mona Lisa, VR art by Sabrina (The Sabby Life). This virtual reality painting was completed 100% in Google Tilt Brush over three months. You see, in three dimensions, Da Vinci as he paints the Mona Lisa with Lisa del Giocondo sitting as his model. In this Da Vinci Virtual Reality demo you could wear the Oculus Rift and explore the artwork within Tilt Brush yourself.
Diego Fonstad, Imagination Supply Co
Mechanical Models of da Vinci’s Drum Machine and Cam Hammer
Capture Your Own Vitruvian Moment! (plus a little Tilt Brush Exploration)
Build Your Own da Vincian Self-Supporting Bridge
Make your own self-supporting bridge based on Leonardo’s design. Thanks to the Brightworks School students for initiating the concept of this project; to Diego Fonstad for his laser cutting, even when I supplied too thick wood (against his advice!); and to Benjy Young for use of his band saw.
Explore Painting on the iPad with Procreate
Guests had fun diving into iPad painting!
2019-05-02-daVinspiration-MVI_3264-monalisaAR-1080p-1m4s.mp4
Explore the Augmentation of Artwork on the Wall
Solve the Mystery of the Missing Salvator Mundi
Leonardo’s (?) quarter of a billion dollar masterpiece, Salvator Mundi looks like it ended up… above my desk!:-)
Write in your Notebook
Everyone received a da Vinspiration A6 notebook, a homework handout (yes, there was homework!!:-)) and da Vinspiration pen. In the welcome notes they were asked to, amongst other things, list ten things they wanted to learn about, following in da Vinci’s footsteps.
What a da Vine evening. I truly feel Vinspired, and da Vincible! My da Vinspiration notebook is sure to be brimming with content soon. I found the guests and presenters engaging, and I absorbed much information in my 3.5 hour visit.
So, I am now part of the da Vinci fan club. da Vinci and myself do have a wonderful thing in common. He had an intense love for animals. He would buy songbirds from the market, just to set them free (which I would do). And…. he was a Vegetarian.
Thanks for the enlightening evening.
See you around town,
Schatzie
Huge thanks to all who participated, helped and contributed to this event! Thank you to the speakers Fahad, Daniel and Peggy for preparing so thoroughly and so generously sharing their insights and knowledge; to Lynn for her fabulous music and being an essential part of transforming the atmosphere to one with overtones of half a millennium ago; to guest artists Tracy, Sabby and Charles for loaning their wonderful and inspiring work; to Diego and Benjy for being crucial help and support in making the self-supporting bridge project a reality; to Diego again for his beautifully designed and crafted models; to Chuck for spontaneously helping people with the VR and Tilt Brush set up; to Wesley for manning the front door and welcoming attendees to the building; to Sarah for coming along early to assist; and to Peggy and Simone for helping so much in preparing my studio for the event; and Simone, in addition to all the work she did in prep, also for being a great assistant throughout the evening and welcoming people as they arrived at the studio and making sure they received their da Vinspiration notebook, homework handout and pen!
Historical accuracy not guaranteed..as world da Vinci expert Professor Martin Kemp said: “the Turin old man (image on which the da Vinspiration poster is based) is not a self-portrait, and sfumato is not L’s own term for a technique of painting”. Many thanks to Professor Kemp for his input, rigour and taking the time to help with attention to detail.
Leonardo da Vinci By Walter Isaacson
On April 27th, 2019, I was the featured iPad artist at the
Some portraits from the event:
At the Picasso-themed spectacular Daffodil Ball, an annual fundraiser in Montreal’s historic Windsor Station that supports the Canadian Cancer Society, I imagined what Picasso would do with an iPad!! As guests arrived they walked into Picasso’s studio! I painted the scene on my iPad. In the scene I painted, besides many Picasso works, Mireille R. Champagne modeled a fabulous custom-made Picasso-inspired dress designed specially for the occasion by Montreal fashion designer Xavier Laruelle and painted on by Mirielle herself. I invited guests to add their own brush stroke or two and made it truly an interactive experience! The resulting artwork, and the time-lapse replay video, was displayed on two large screens at the check-in desk plus on multiple huge screens throughout the ballroom where the dining and dancing happened.
After the guests had entered through Picasso’s studio, I moved up to the main ballroom and painted the scene (with a Picasso twist).
And that time-lapse replay (shown here) was also broadcast on the four very large screens throughout the ballroom.
This event couldn’t have dove-tailed more closely with the Picasso theme in resonating with Michael Cerbelli’s recent article in Meetings Today iPad Picasso Jeremy Sutton Paints Your Events. My last tableau vivant painting performance as Pablo Picasso was a non-digital one at the de Young Museum.
Big thanks to Alison, Lorne, Andrew, Jennifer and the rest of the team. Congratulations on an amazing event!! Picasso would have loved your decor!
Pres Coverage:
https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2019/04/26/le-bal-de-la-jonquille-recueille-1-375-000
https://mi.lapresse.ca/screens/a46b7443-a512-434d-8c2f-e894de9d1b1b__7C___0.html
https://quebec.huffingtonpost.ca/2019/04/26/bal-jonquille-2019-photos_a_23717729/
https://arp.media/nouvelles/robe-de-ludivine-reding-parfaite-photo/
https://magenligne.com/26e-edition-bal-de-la-jonquille/
https://www.montreal.tv/2019/05/photos-le-magnifique-bal-de-la-jonquille-2019-a-la-gare-windsor-a-montreal/?fbclid=IwAR1b5SjkUXAqLo38hNqHZcs6znOsvdDirs5c9zO7WiCBySSu2DTcV0oX3R4
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
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
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.
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!