I agree with all of the comments about the comparisons of art and music. Tom certainly creates a symphony on canvas with every piece of art work!

The process you used, starting with the basic foundation to bring about this painting is mind-boggling. Step-by-step. Piece-by-piece. Color-by-color. Shade-by-shade. Until the final masterpiece is unveiled. Remarkable.

Mr. Fiegel’s stunning comparison of your painting to his conducting a symphony is a remarkable explanation. In business, we call this Synergy – more commonly known as Teamwork – creating the Ultimate Team.

Today, I am thinking about your poignant explanations and realizing that the workings of the human body is also a Symphony of sorts, and a beautiful work of Art. Each part of our bodies has a responsibility and everything must work in harmony to be successful.

On a personal note: Today is the 15th anniversary of my daughter, Elizabeth, being the first child in Utah to have a Bone Marrow transplant at the University of Utah Medical Center, and survive. Because of this success, Primary Children’s Hospital in Utah built a Transplant Unit for children and many children have since had the same life-saving procedure. Her survival, and her life since Nov 10, 1992 is very much a miracle.

Thanks to all of you for allowing me to indulge on my personal life for a moment.
Whether it be art, music, or the human body – each individual part is doing its, or his or her job to bring about a masterpiece.

Tom, your painting is indeed a masterpiece!

(And, I would love to hear Mr. Feigel conduct one of his masterpiece symphonies.)

But reading your post and studying the photo, something struck me about why I hold you in such regard.

The complexity, depth, and perspective of this piece are so rich that it’s like a visual representation of a great symphony. I don’t mean the notes on the page; I mean the overall aesthetic.

This is exactly how I get owned by and then take ownership of a major work that I am about to conduct.

You see the whole thing at once but are immediately drawn to the hundreds of smaller elements that comprise the whole. Even more remarkable is how all of those little pieces are immediately thrown together again to make something so great. They simply cannot thrive by themselves because of the magnetic relationship they have to each other and to the whole.

That is an exact parallel to the notes, rhythms, harmonies, instrumental color, and form of one of the great symphonic works.

I lose myself in so many of your paintings, but I don’t think in any as much as this.