Just Because - illustration for "Sauntering Songs," a cantata by Nell Shaw Cohen

Описание: I’m sharing videos of my process illustrating songs from my cantata, “Sauntering Songs,” in anticipation of its World Premiere this April! Join me as I draw, paint, and recite song lyrics, speaking a bit about what each of these songs mean to me and what inspired me to write them.

Today’s video highlights the song “Just Because.” My painting, inspired by thru-hiker Emma “Grandma” Gatewood (who also inspired the song), depicts an Appalachian mountain vista observed by a hiker wearing Gatewood’s signature sneakers.

The World Premiere of “Sauntering Songs,” my concert-length cantata and love letter to wanderlust, will be given by three-time ​GRAMMY®-nominee Skylark Vocal Ensemble, featuring @juventasmusic and guitarist James Moore, on April 20-22 in Falmouth, Chestnut Hill, and Newburyport, MA. More information at SkylarkEnsemble.org.

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Music, lyrics, video, and artwork by Nell Shaw Cohen.

Background music is a MIDI realization of music from the song.

[Video description: A compilation of close-ups show Nell’s process of creating an artwork in pen and watercolors. The image depicts a vista of tree-covered mountains, seen from the POV of a figure sitting on a rocky boulder with their crossed legs and feet, clad in black and white Converse sneakers and salmon socks, in the foreground. At the bottom of the artwork, Nell writes the title “Just Because.”]

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