“Ted Lasso’s Sign”, acrylic on canvas, 30” x 20”.
In the TV sitcom ‘Ted Lasso’, a sign is hung up in the locker room. It says BELIEVE. Here, the letters are shown as blue bars, whose lengths correspond to how frequently each letter appear in the English language: ‘B’ appears 1.49%, ‘E’ 12.02%, ‘L’ 3.98%, ‘I’ 7.31%, and ‘V’ 1.11%.
“Believe” is an expression that AFC Richmond (a fictional soccer team) use to pull themselves up from their middling position in England’s Premier League and apply to their off-pitch lives. It's also their motivational poster sign for their own everyday lives created by Ted Lasso, an American football coach who was hired to coach a professional soccer team in England. As expected, it’s not going too well at first.
The sitcom initially comes across and is advertised as a comedy but some episodes and scenes make viewers think - sometimes with tears in their eyes.
Acrylic on MDF and plywood. Diameter approximately 48”.
Synesthesia Art. Letters are represented by colored segments; their sizes correlate with how frequently the letters appear in the English language. To be read from the top, ‘12 o’clock’, clockwise. White segments represent gap between words.
Sometimes, one forgets to drop one’s shoulders, to relax, to close one’s eyes and to take a breath. This piece is supposed to be a subtle reminder to decompress.
Acrylic on MDF and plywood, 86.25” x 9.5”
Synesthesia Art. Letters are color coded and read from top to bottom. Segments are sized according to how frequently letters appear in the English Language.
acrylic on canvas, 48” x 48”, 2022, Synesthesia Art
The letters L, O, V, and E are shown as colored square frames. Their different volumes represent how often these letters appear in the English language: the more frequent a letter apears, the more volumenous the frame.
To be read from the center of the square (Purple = L, Red = O, Light Blue = V, Orange = E).
Acrylic on MDF and plywood, outer diameter 28.5" (725mm), inner diameter 18" (460mm), Synesthesia Art, 2024
Letter are represented by color segments, their size relating to how frequently each letter appears in the English language. To be 'read' clockwise from the top (12 o'clock)
RBG (as in “Ruth Bader Ginsburg”, the late US Supreme Court judge), 48” x 48”, acrylic on canvas, 2022, Synesthesia Art
The initials R, B and G are color-coded and arranged as centered square frames. Each frame’s thickness represents the letter’s frequency in the English language: ‘R’ is represented by green, ‘B’ as red, and ‘G’ as white.
36” x 24”, acrylic on canvas, 2022, Synesthesia Art
Inspired by the iconic poster by the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) union in 1968, the letters spelling out "I am a man" are color-coded: the top left yellow rectangle stands for “I”. The top right rectange and bottom left rectange stand for “M”. The tall rectangle in the middle represents the three “A’s”. The bottom right rectangle repesents “N”.
FUCK - 48” x 48”, acrylic on canvas, 2021, Synesthesia Art
The letters F, U, C, and K are color-coded and are shown as square frames. Each frame’s thickness represents its letter’s frequency in the English language: the letter ‘F’ is shown as grey, ‘U’ and ‘C’ are in shades of green, and ‘K’ is represented as yellow.
Acrylic on canvas, 48” x 48”, 2017, Synesthesia Art
The letters are displayed as color bars. Their lengths are correlated to each letter’s frequency in the English language. To be read from bottom left of the painting counterclockwise:
“No country can ever truly flourish if it stifles the potential of its women and deprive itself of the contributions of half of its citizens” Michelle Obama
This painting was my first synesthesia artwork. It was a donation 'The Connection' (a local organization) as part of a fundraiser which was held at a local country club. After the event, I contacted the organizer and asked how it was received by the attendees. She said "the liked it until they read who said the quote." Nevertheless, it was snapped up.
acrylic on canvas, 30” x 48”, 2017, Synesthesia Art
Letters are represented by color bars. Their thickness correlates to how frequently they appear in the English language. From left to right it reads “Peace”.
Acrylic on canvas, 40” x 40”, 2024, Synesthesia Art
Letters are shown as colored bars. Their different lengths correspond to how frequently they appear in the English language. The top part of the square reads from left to right: “Be Kind”, the bottom part: “Or Leave”.
acrylic on canvas, 100 cm x 100 cm (39 1/2" x 39 1/2"), 2011
Inspired by Jackson Pollock's drip art.
Acrylic on plywood, 23.5 inches outer diameter.
Letters are shown as colored sections. White sections stand for gaps between words and digraph (LL).
The more frequent the letter appears in the English language, the larger the section.
To be read from top (12 o’clock) counterclockwise.
This piece was made to remind my son to call his mom occassionally while he’s at university. It now hangs in his dorm room.
Synesthesia Art. Letters are shown as rectangles in different sizes. The larger the rectangle, the more frequently the letter appears in the English language. Read from top to bottom, except "is" and "in" are read from left to right.
