In Klangfärbung IV, I wanted to explore the physical 'strike' and 'decay' of a musical event. While earlier pieces in this series focused on the flowing continuity of a melody, this work feels more percussive to me. It is about the suddenness of a sound and the way it displaces the silence around it.

The central, ribbon-like form represents a sustained frequency—it twists and turns, changing its 'tone color' as the ink meets the paper. Below it, the semi-circular, dark mass acts as a base note, a deep resonance that anchors the more flighty movements above. I added the blue edges to represent the overtones—those hidden frequencies that give a sound its character and brilliance. For me, the process of painting this is a performance in itself; I have to move with the same tempo I want the viewer to feel. I hope that when you stand before this work, you don't just see a drawing, but you feel the vibration of a moment that was once loud, now held in a beautiful, permanent stillness