In this painting, the streaks of star rain swirl through the layers as if exceeding the spatial boundaries, amounting to the fluid interconnection between past, present and future. Looking at the artwork from a distance, the painting is a portrait of the sea's surface with ripples spreading like flares. It is an invitation for viewers to take a closer look at the details of the brushstrokes and the colors which portray the magnificence of the sea caves along the coast. The layered colors also draw the viewers' attention to the faults and fractures – the beauty of the weakness. The viewpoint is not fixed. In another world, senses blend, purely reverie of shapes and colors.
As an artist with Synesthesia, sounds of music trigger visions of colours in Jacqueline's mind. While paintings have a material aspect, they are not static entities. Transforming the artwork into a digital piece allows Jacqueline's image to spread as if blotting it out and translates her synesthetic visions to the viewer. Jacqueline's works often include elements like loops that are emblematic of ephemeral memories. Like a landscape reflected on the surface of water, Jacqueline kept creating ripples on the canvas representing landscapes of luxurious vegetation. Jacqueline hopes to develop a feeling of expanse, where details are expressed in rounded forms, and an immersive experience.
Harmonically, this piece of music is full of contrast and Jacqueline expresses the mystic contradiction through the tone and rhythm of colours in this artwork. The pastel colours are emblematic of the harmonious part of the music. The digitalization enables the colour movement which exhibits the contrast underlined.
Music pairing: When the Time Comes Gordon
The distortion of reality in the digital work is Jacqueline’s means of expression to voice her thoughts on the current state of the technological world. A cryptocurrency is a virtual medium of exchange that exists only electronically. Its vigorous trading and mining in recent years imply an enormous amount of energy consumption and its impact on the environment is far-reaching. We can see that the greenness in the painting is circulated with swirls of black and red colour and it is being placed on grids, it symbolises that cryptocurrency led to the pollution we should all be cautious of. This contrast displayed the juxtaposition between the earth and climate change caused by humans, evoking reflection. Despite the turbulent environment surrounding the world of cryptocurrency, many potentials of cryptocurrency remain unexplored and undiscovered. She is hopeful about its sustainability and expresses her positivity through the use of colour.
There is an inextricable link between music and colour for a synesthete like Jacqueline, this particular piece focuses on her emotional connection to the music. Different pitches and tones are associated with certain colours. This innate ability to bridge the gap between sound and colour has elevated her ways of expression through art. Digitalizing the artwork has made her wish to achieve the technological transformation of synesthesia one step closer. Music pairing: Suite bergamasque, CD 82, L. 75: III Clair de lune Claude Dubussy
As a synesthete, Jacqueline’s hearing is simultaneously perceived with sights and feelings with different pitches, changes in timbre, or different chord progressions. The various forms of the music presented to her visually such as the tone, shapes and rhythm are expressed by the brushstrokes. Jacqueline wishes the audience could try to listen to the music and feel connected to the world of synesthesia.
Music pairing: Perfect Dark Orangelo
With synesthesia, the colour of sound is also elicited when Jacqueline listens to music and the visual motions evoke her emotions as well. In response to the rhythm of the music, Jacqueline puts emphasis on the movement of colour through the dynamic use of brushstroke style. With the help of technology, she hopes to create a dialogue between music and colour movement visually to everyone through digital art.
Music Pairing: Gymnopédie No.1 Erik Satie