Paul Simon Tribute
36x48" Acrylic On Canvas
By Mary Beth Brath
Finding
inspiration was not difficult. The difficult part was confining the ideas to
one cohesive image. The scene is set in New York City.
The Dakota
Building is shown as a silhouette for small framed canvases that depict the
Grammy Awards, Questions For The Angels, The Gershwin Award, "God keeps
his eye on us all" and "...all of the colors were black" from My
Little Town, Rene and Georgette Magritte With Their Dog After The War with a
background from I Do It For Your Love "the sky was yellow and the grass
was grey", Under African Skies along with the tall drum that reminds me of
the You Can Call Me Al video with Chevy Chase.
The next
building is Madison Square Garden. Each panel depicts one of his albums. From
left – “Paul Simon”, “There Goes Rythmin' Simon”, “Live Rythmin'”, “Still Crazy”,
“One Trick Pony”, “Graceland”, “Rhythm of the Saints”, “You're The One”, “Surprise”
and “So Beautiful”. “The Complete Collection” is on the main panel to show the
present time, the next panel is grey with a few yellow stripes representing the
collaboration with Sting. The last panel has the letters TBA.
Paul's
guitar is floating in the river on a platform similar to the Statue of
Liberty's platform. People are coming from across the river and into Central
Park to attend a Neighborhood Concert. Notice the tiny dab of red paint in the
middle of the stage to represent Paul's red ball cap.
Here’s To You Paul Simon! -
