Painting
to Music
My friend Calvin is an amazing musician. Lately
he’s been playing a lot of traditional Hawaiian Slack-Key melodies
and has just released a CD of original surfer tunes. (“Sandy
and the Surfsonics” found at www.surfsonics.com and also available
on CD Baby.)
He uses this wonderful Danelectro electric hard
body guitar and decided he wanted a Hawaiian scene painted on it.
The finish is extremely high-gloss and was completely blemish-free
when he brought it to me. That was my first scare! I knew it would
be impossible to duplicate that perfect glossiness, but it would also
be impossible for the paint to adhere to it properly.
I decided I would have to remove the finish
only where the scene would be painted and got out my trusty little
Dremel rotary tool. When I discovered just how thin the finish actually
was (about 1/16”), that was my second scare! Even the smallest
hole could potentially change the sound and ruin the guitar. (Calvin
was even more terrified when he called one day to see how things were
progressing and I just happened to “mention” I was using
a drill on his guitar! Shame on me!)
After much very careful sanding and after the
painting was finished, I used a flat varnish over just the new painting,
to make it pop out from the glossiness of the rest.
And Calvin has forgiven me for almost giving
him a heart attack!
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Calvin’s favorite Hawaiian
shirt with the matching guitar strap I painted for him:
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Jeanette is available for creative custom
furniture finishing and other custom paintings.
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