Tag: gouache

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Streamside

“Deep green bend” painted with watercolor and gouache by Sanford Ross Bender so many summers ago
“Streamside” composed with guitars, banjo, and concertina by Sanford Ross Bender on November 29, 2024

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Wisps of Steam

“Wisps of Steam ” painted with watercolors and gouache by Sanford Ross Bender
“Wisps of Steam” performed and recorded with banjo and guitar by Sanford Ross Bender on June 18, 2023
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Not from where I came

“Not from where I came” was painted with watercolor and gouache by Sanford Bender in 1985.

I played banjo more than guitar for a while since I especially enjoyed its mirthful and spontaneous independence. This instrument could provide enlightened commentaries on the most tragic and haunting occurrences of lost love, betrayal, revenge, murder, and perhaps even evoke valor and the emergence of integrity.

“Not from where I came” was played and recorded on May 5, 2021 with one track of acoustic guitar with metal slide, and then improvised over with a second track of five-string banjo.

This music for guitar with slide and five-string banjo is reminiscent of traditional ballads travelling from place to place like fairy tales with subtly changing variations over a common theme; only to alight into my own imagination as another powerful resource fueling my creativity.