I'm getting Hard Bop from the second one (and by that, I dont mean - I'm getting hard, Bop).

I really like them both. It's hard for me to offer an interpretation, as I can hear Bon Jovi is blasting out of the warehouse at work.  I'm about to put a lid on that.

Early Sun Ra will definitely take you to the right place, so too the Arkestra's later stuff, but only when in the Ellingtonia mood.

Was this digital work, or other medium?

^ not all, but most

I pick my tonic hue. Which gives me a key. I normally then pick a chord, could be anything. A lot of these are minor chords, with added extensions like a or 7 or a 9. Simple jazz chords really.

Then I lay the colours down into a grid. This is a really a device I guess. It gives the space of the image a strong orderly rhythm like a drum beat or more likely a metronome, but the colours get laid down in a way they're around the beat not always clearly defined sitting in a box. I think this is what makes them look more natural than mechanical. I want order and chaos at the same time. And I think these kind of deliver that. The grid offers a simple fractal element to the pictures too. Which we respond to strongly, this is an inspiration I've mainly taken from Pollock's work.

Also the relationship of black to white in the image allows the colours to be sat into a complete spectrum of colour. With the black at the bottom and the white at the top. This balances everything out. And give a bold finish to the images.

These images can really be seen as the combination of Rothko's approach to colour and emotion (although he thought form was the most impprtant thing in his work), Mondrian's approach to abstraction and form, and Pollock's fractal work.

One image 'grid' can be constantly reworked with new colours, and forms built around allowing lots of varients. A day can produce about 4 images that rework eachother.

They're finished when I see them as balanced. I go back and look at them regularly and if I dont think they're working as images I'll scrap them or keep reworking them. Which digital art allows me to do very easily. The next step would be to screen print. I guess these are actually plans for physical pieces of artwork.

The jazz is on in the background constantly firing me on.