Art — Vibrations
THE VIBRATIONS SERIES
Music that's visible. Energy you can feel.
The story
Have you ever yearned to feel?
When I burnt out, I simply felt exhausted.
I'd go into town with the energy for one errand. I'd get home and collapse.
Listening to music, I'd feel more centered.
Mostly I felt nothing. Numb.
I yearned to feel alive, to feel vibrant.
One day, I was challenged... could I paint the music?
Vibrations are the result.
The process
01
Curate
Select the feeling to paint and curate the song to match it.
02
Concept
Develop an illustration in pencil to explore what it will look and feel like. Each line is a stroke of colour, of light and of emotion.
03
Create
Paint the Vibration in oil. This step takes between 2–8 weeks.
04
Connect
Ready the original art piece for it to be enjoyed.
Geek stuff for meditators
Five Buddhist meditators attended my first exhibition with Vibrations in 2015.
They'd just come from a 3 year, 3 month, 3 day silent retreat. They said to me they could feel the vibrations. Literally.
Wow.
They sat and meditated with a Vibration in the middle. We swapped pieces. They picked the feeling. Spot on.
Wow.
The daughter of a guest sat and meditated. She felt them too.
You can hang a Vibration on a wall or use a set to add a specific tone to your meditation.
Three ways to collect
Inspired by 'When the Saints Go Marching In' by Louis Armstrong, painting by Booth Aster
A single Vibration
One painting, one song. Oil on canvas. Each Vibration captures the energy of a single piece of music — the brush moves with the sound, and what emerges is the vibration made visible.
Joy, by Booth Aster. Based on 5 songs.
A Playlist
Five works, thematically curated. Passion. Joy. Bliss. Ecstasy. Love. Flying. Playful. Inevitable. Serene. Power. Each playlist is a journey through a single emotional landscape.
Decisive, by Booth Aster. A curated installation of 16 Vibrations.
A Curated Installation
A bespoke configuration of Vibrations selected for you. We begin with a conversation about who you are and what magnificence means to you. I curate the set — the songs, the arrangement, the scale. Embedded on aluminium — solid electricity, as my stepfather the engineer calls it — and finished with a touch of gold leaf. Each installation is unique to the collector.
Formats
Oil on canvas
The original medium. Each painting created live with the music. Scale is part of the conversation — from individual pieces to full playlist installations.
Ink on aluminium with gold leaf
Vibrations embedded on aluminium — solid electricity — and finished with a touch of gold leaf. Configured to scale for the collector's space.
The Playlists
Each playlist is a set of songs that became paintings. The music plays. The brush moves. What emerges is the vibration — graphically, physically created as lines on canvas.
Which vibration speaks to you?
Every set is curated. Every installation is unique.
Begin the conversation →