The Soundtrack to a Painting

I love musicals, singing and listening to music. I get that from my late dad who was on stage at any chance he could in his spare time. So, you know that when you purchase a painting of mine, there has often been some kind of music in the background, or maybe not even so much in the background (ha - blasting out with me singing along to it!).

‘I hear the music’, painting by Andrea Hilditch

What kind of music, I hear you ask? Does a subtle painting mean it’s been constructed with calm, classical music? And does a vibrant energetic one mean a blast of rock, or a wild, hair-flipping, wiggling, dance music number? Ha - sometimes, yes.

While people like to see what goes on in an artist’s studio - the paints, brushes, rags, paintings as they build and change, I thought instead this time it would be good to share some of the music I listen to while I am painting. I warn you, it’s eclectic.

• Free, Florence and the Machine

• I Predict a Riot, Kaiser Chiefs

• Budapest, George Ezra

• What a Beautiful Day, The Levellers

• Don’t Give Up on Me, Andy Grammer

• It Won’t Be Long Now, from In the Heights

• You Are Loved, John Groban

• Heal the Pain, George Michael (also in the film Last Christmas, great music)

• Picture This, Blondie

• Black Star Dancing, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds

• Suavamente, Elvis Crespo

• Joy, Bastille

• This is Me, Keala Settle

• Let’s Fall in Love for the Night, FINNEAS

• Love Like This, Ben Rector

• Golden Slumbers, Elbow

• 10 Years, Scarypoolparty

• Cover Me In Sunshine, Pink and Willow Sage Hart

• Never Be Sorry, Old Dominion

• Friday I’m in Love, The Cure

Hope you enjoy! (Please note, all songs link to Spotify. I’m not paid by Spotify, it’s just that’s the platform I use.)