JARED THEIS
Artist Statement re Sheet Music Drawings

Music has always been a very powerful and necessary part of my life. The last fifteen years I have been absorbed in performing and composing music and my recent body of work is an exploration of the relationship between visual arts and the mathematical constructs of music.

The Sheet Music Drawings evolved from my recent study of chamber music and a substantial interest in microscopy. The ethereal forms in these ink on vellum drawings float weightlessly across pages of sheet music and call to mind microorganisms, cellular activity, and continental drift. The musical scores I've chosen for these drawings are works I've studied, performed and loved deeply throughout my life.