I experience audio-visual synesthesia—a neurological phenomenon where sound involuntarily evokes color. In my case, rhythm and harmony translate directly into visual tones. It’s a sensory overlap where music doesn’t just influence my work—it creates the foundation for it.

The translation behaves like paint: colors pool together, mixing into a palette shaped entirely by the structure of sound. Each painting begins with a song.
Instruments—brassy or electric.
Voices—gritty or soul-shattering.
Beats—powerful or soft.
All of it feeds the palette. The color defines the mood. The lyrics, if present, often inform the composition itself—like visualizing the emotional weight of the track in brushstrokes.

I’ve had this experience for as long as I can remember, though I didn’t have language for it until high school. It never felt like a special skill—it was simply how I saw the world. But now, it’s a conscious part of my practice. I create in conversation with sound.

This ongoing series, Off the Album, is a direct expression of that process. Each piece in the collection is paired with the song that built its palette.