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Music to our eyes: Songwriter and artist Bernie Taupin visits Austin to share his visual point of view But what even fewer classic rock lovers know is that Taupin is also an immensely talented abstract visual artist, with a warehouse studio full of color-blocked canvases (more) |
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"I can't speak for other musicians who paint. What I do simply comes from the same place creatively and just manifests itself in different mediums. But, essentially, they're very similar both in their intent to stimulate sonically and visually." (more) |
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"The imagination is where everything starts. One is created with brushes and hopefully stimulates the eye. The other is ultimately sonic and hopefully stimulates the ears. My wish is
that both will cause the viewer and listener to search what's there and come up with their own conclusions." (more) |
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"there was no rooting. I didn't put my feet down anywhere. It wasn't until 20 years ago that I sort of found this place where I'm at now that I could open up and find space to create things I wanted to create. I always knew I didn't want to sit with my little tiny canvas and do oil paintings on the side of the road." (more) |
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Taupin is a man of many creative interests and talents, including art. For more than 20 years, he has quietly taught himself to paint in a studio on the 30-acre ranch near Los Angeles he shares with his third wife and daughters, 3 and 6. He began exhibiting about a decade ago after he felt he had found his own style. (more) |
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Despite his continued collaborative partnership with artists Elton John and his hosting “American Roots Radio” on Sirius XM Radio, Taupin’s astounding artistry extends well beyond music. When he isn’t composing inspired lyrics or paying homage to his heroes, Taupin demonstrates his brushstrokes of genius by creating visual works of art. (more) |
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"I like people to use their imagination," he says. "Things like that just happen. You can't over-think things. It's just what comes out. There are a lot of similarities between songwriting and painting and a lot of the same things are going on. (more) |
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"Canvas to me is simply the visual extension of what I have spent my life creating through words. The imagination, in my estimation, is the most powerful tool the artist possess enabling us to conjure up beautiful distraction for the ears and eyes. (more) |
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