This is What Music Would Look Like as Paintings

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Artist Melissa McCracken has a bit different approach to painting – she paints what she hears. Each of her oil paintings is titled after the song that inspired it.

McCracken actually has a neurological condition Synesthesia, which triggers her to imagine songs and musical genres as different colorful settings.

She sees jazz as a combination of blues, golds, and whites, while pop, for example, is colored bright pink and purple.

See her interpretations below and more on her website and social media.

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Little softy Fly Too High 12” x 12” Sold

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The In-Between 96” x 74” oil on canvas sold

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