Sound Bath and Beyond Paintings

Post Delusional Ecstasy

2024

acrylic on canvas

16 x 20 inches

contributing musicians: Evan Jagels Sebastian Green, Wyatt Ambrose, Will McEvoy, Aidan Samp & Peyton Pleninger

There’s a lot of hidden imagery in this one, just as there were many borrowed melodies in the music. Many things are upside down, backwards, hidden, rearranged. This could be seen as a way to disguise them, or it could be seen as a 

Vulcanic Deduction

2024

acrylic on canvas board

5 x 7 inches

contributing musicians: Will McEvoy, Aidan Samp, and Peyton Pleninger

This painting was of another trio who performed on the same night as Kill Deer. They were rather complex and used a fair bit of silence to complement the noise. 

Live Monkeys

2024

acrylic on canvas board

5 x 7 inches

contributing musicians: Kill Deer - Evan Jagels Sebastian Green and Wyatt Ambrose

Kill Deer's music was clearly unified, with each instrumentalist adding dashes of their own individual expression. The color palette and scene suggest a groundedness and a playful simplicity.

Patterns Returned

2024

acrylic on canvas

16 x 20 inches

contributing musicians: Nico Soffiato, Aidan Samp & Peyton Pleninger

This painting depicted a scene from John's inner realm, as tensions mounted in the outside world, and the musical world became tense and unfelt. 

Path to Salvation (Army)

2024

acrylic on canvas

16 x 20 inches

contributing musicians: Paul Miller, Aidan Samp & Peyton Pleninger

The music ebbed and flowed, sometimes beautiful and surreal, sometimes loud and chaotic. John used a palette knife first the first time to paint the figures and the foreground. The rest of the scene was a sort of wild development that came up from somewhere far away through 

Peace, Truth, and Love

2024

acrylic on canvas

16 x 20 inches

contributing musicians: Anna, Aidan Samp & Peyton Pleninger

This one started in a with a red cross in the middle of the canvas. From each inner corner of the cross came a different shape, and then the shape of a heart and its electromagnetic field. It soon became clear that the painting was of the three performers united by this central heart

Ackermak Productions

Ink, Colored Pencil, & Marker on Paper

October 2021

10 Cousins

Ink & Digital Color on Paper

February 2021

She Snail

Ink, Marker, & Digital Collage on Paper

April 2021

Past Present & Future

Ink & Digital Color on Paper

August 2023

Mountain Sanctuary

Ink & Colored Pencil on Paper

March 2019

NYC Notorious Animals

Ink, Marker, & Colored Pencil on Paper

May 2019