• Home
    • Paintings
    • Mixed Media
    • Drawings
    • I Think Like Midnight
    • The Trolleyvox
    • Velvet Kirtan
    • Solo and Additional Projects
  • Blog
  • SHOP
  • About
  • CONTACT
Menu

Andrew Chalfen

  • Home
  • Artwork
    • Paintings
    • Mixed Media
    • Drawings
  • Music
    • I Think Like Midnight
    • The Trolleyvox
    • Velvet Kirtan
    • Solo and Additional Projects
  • Blog
  • SHOP
  • About
  • CONTACT
 

Andrew Chalfen: Blog

The Sound of Dovetailing

January 20, 2015

 

The Fall of 2014 saw much art making with new materials and gnashing of teeth, though much time was devoted to the preparation and release of the new album from I Think Like Midnight entitled Warm Seclusion Structure. And band rehearsals. Lots of band rehearsals. My musical head and my visual art head must be quite entwined, though I don't see colors when I play a music. I suspect B flat is a deep purple, C is green, and D is indigo, though that may be a long-running delusion from childhood. As a kid I was partial to the number 7 and rectangles, but now twelves and hexagons fascinated me, as evidenced by recent work and the ITLM cd cover art.  If the paintbrushes and pencils saw a little less action this past fall, the guitar strings and InDesign were in a state of near constant resonation. You can preview the ITLM album in it's entirety here and buy a cd of it here or a digital download here and then have a circular discussion with me about why music and art should or shouldn't be considered separate arts.

← Lovely MomentumAny Way Is Up →
Bing provides scale.

Bing provides scale.

Blog RSS

Links

I Think Like Midnight 

AC Artwork on Facebook

AC Art & Music on Instagram

I Think Like Midnight on Facebook

Latest Instagram posts:

Actual live music you can enjoy safely in person in beautiful weather this Saturday afternoon in Lambertville, NJ! 
.
.
.
#ithinklikemidnight #lambertvillenj #lambertvilleporchfest #njlivemusic #phillylivemusic #instrumentalmusic #instrumentalrock
“Fan Roof” - ink on 100 lb. Bristol, 9” x 12.” My hand hurts. Maybe carrot cake will help. 
.
.
.
#inkdrawing #inkdrawings #density  #artobject #artanddesign #abstractart #abstractartwork #artcollector #artadvisor #arte #artfo
Why do I keep making these? I don’t know. “Supercell” - ink on 100 lb. Bristol, 9” x 12”
.
.
.
#inkdrawing #inkdrawings #abstractdrawing  #artobject #artanddesign #abstractart #abstractartwork #artcollector #artadvisor #
Magnet Magazine has a recurring feature called “Isolation Drills” highlighting musicians in the time of pandemic. This month features, well, me and what me and my mind have been up to. Link in bio.
.
 .
.
#andrewchalfen #magnetmagazine #i
Sold! “Sibling in Velvet” (2016, acrylic on canvas) is off to its new forever home in Hoboken, NJ. 
.
.

#acrylicpainting #artobject #contemporarypainting  #artanddesign #abstractart #abstractartwork #artcollector #artadvisor #arte #artfo
I Think Like Midnight live in person and socially ̷a̷w̷k̷w̷a̷r̷d̷ distanced 9/26 and 10/3! Yet another amazing advantage instrumental bands have over groups with pesky plague-spreading vocalists. BYO lawn chairs, masks, donation $, etc. Viva parking
Reverting to my 10-years ago self; obsessive pattern-making in trying times. “Ka-Bloom” ink on heavy stock paper, 11” x 14”
.
.
.

#abstractdrawing #abstraction #patternobsessed #exploding #artobject #artanddesign #abstractart
Stoked to have my mixed media piece “The Beatles” hanging in an amazing show at Tieton Arts and Humanities gallery in Tieton, WA entitled “10x10x10xTieton.” The show is open to the public (with access limited), and you should
To paraphrase ITLM drummer @deansabatino, I love the sound of this drive pedal but the owner of the company that makes it is a real jackass. He recently posted some nasty racist shit after the murder by police of George Floyd, then removed the post,
Actual live music you can enjoy safely in person in beautiful weather this Saturday afternoon in Lambertville, NJ! 
.
.
.
#ithinklikemidnight #lambertvillenj #lambertvilleporchfest #njlivemusic #phillylivemusic #instrumentalmusic #instrumentalrock “Fan Roof” - ink on 100 lb. Bristol, 9” x 12.” My hand hurts. Maybe carrot cake will help. 
.
.
.
#inkdrawing #inkdrawings #density  #artobject #artanddesign #abstractart #abstractartwork #artcollector #artadvisor #arte #artfo Why do I keep making these? I don’t know. “Supercell” - ink on 100 lb. Bristol, 9” x 12”
.
.
.
#inkdrawing #inkdrawings #abstractdrawing  #artobject #artanddesign #abstractart #abstractartwork #artcollector #artadvisor # Magnet Magazine has a recurring feature called “Isolation Drills” highlighting musicians in the time of pandemic. This month features, well, me and what me and my mind have been up to. Link in bio.
.
 .
.
#andrewchalfen #magnetmagazine #i Sold! “Sibling in Velvet” (2016, acrylic on canvas) is off to its new forever home in Hoboken, NJ. 
.
.

#acrylicpainting #artobject #contemporarypainting  #artanddesign #abstractart #abstractartwork #artcollector #artadvisor #arte #artfo I Think Like Midnight live in person and socially ̷a̷w̷k̷w̷a̷r̷d̷ distanced 9/26 and 10/3! Yet another amazing advantage instrumental bands have over groups with pesky plague-spreading vocalists. BYO lawn chairs, masks, donation $, etc. Viva parking
I Think Like Midnight driveway rehearsal this afternoon for two upcoming outdoor shows. Watch this space for details!
.
.
#ithinklikemidnight #instrumental #instrumentals #instrumentalrock #twang
Reverting to my 10-years ago self; obsessive pattern-making in trying times. “Ka-Bloom” ink on heavy stock paper, 11” x 14”
.
.
.

#abstractdrawing #abstraction #patternobsessed #exploding #artobject #artanddesign #abstractart Stoked to have my mixed media piece “The Beatles” hanging in an amazing show at Tieton Arts and Humanities gallery in Tieton, WA entitled “10x10x10xTieton.” The show is open to the public (with access limited), and you should To paraphrase ITLM drummer @deansabatino, I love the sound of this drive pedal but the owner of the company that makes it is a real jackass. He recently posted some nasty racist shit after the murder by police of George Floyd, then removed the post,

Past Posts

Featured
Soap Bubble (Copy)
Jan 30, 2021
Dazzle, Dapple, Fizzy, and Pixel
Jan 30, 2021
Jan 30, 2021
Archipelago (Copy)
Jan 29, 2021
Honey in the Hive
Jan 29, 2021
Jan 29, 2021
Rescue Collector - low res.jpg
Dec 12, 2020
Rescuing Strays
Dec 12, 2020
Dec 12, 2020
Trigger Finger Blues
Aug 14, 2020
Trigger Finger Blues
Aug 14, 2020

Opposable thumbs, existential dread, and warming up the car.

Aug 14, 2020
IMG-1160.JPG
Jul 21, 2018
Beating the Hourglass Odds
Jul 21, 2018

The Early Universe gets to party at a juried show in NYC

Jul 21, 2018
Vibration Lands -full.jpg
Apr 4, 2018
Vibration Lands
Apr 4, 2018

The process of iteration a successful leap into unknown terrain.

Apr 4, 2018
Jan 5, 2017
Coming Attractions
Jan 5, 2017
Jan 5, 2017
Dec 5, 2016
Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction
Dec 5, 2016
Dec 5, 2016
Simblings - Triptich.jpg
Oct 17, 2016
The Color of Paint
Oct 17, 2016
Oct 17, 2016
Where the micro hits the macro.
Sep 9, 2016
Dreamtime Return
Sep 9, 2016
Sep 9, 2016

Powered by Squarespace