{"title":"Music Paintings","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"resonance-original","title":"Resonance Original","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eResonance\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMixed Media on Canvas (41x32 inches)\u003cbr\u003eCreated in Mexico City 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe instrument was never the cello. It was always me. And when I learned to tune myself, intimacy changed. It became less about closeness and more about resonance. The places where two frequencies stop being separate sounds. This work explores the body as a resonant instrument, where intimacy becomes an exchange of frequency rather than a purely visual experience. The form is not simply seen, but felt, as if it carries an internal vibration. The inclusion of the f-holes transforms the torso into a site of sound and breath, suggesting that desire moves through the body like music. In this way, sexuality is reframed as something played, tuned, and experienced, rather than observed.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0.05em; color: #555;\"\u003eInterested in this work? Reach out and I'll get back to you personally.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/pages\/contact?contact[body]=I'm%20interested%20in%20inquiring%20about%20Resonance.\" style=\"display: inline-block; margin-top: 8px; padding: 14px 32px; background-color: #000000; color: #ffffff; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0.08em;\"\u003eINQUIRE ABOUT RESONANCE\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"miqui miqui","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52024922341659,"sku":null,"price":8000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/8008\/4763\/files\/cellocouch.jpg?v=1775517389"},{"product_id":"crescendo-original-painting","title":"Crescendo Original","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCrescendo\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eMixed Media on Canvas (\u003cspan\u003e20x16 inches\u003c\/span\u003e)\u003cbr\u003eCreated in Mexico City 2026\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eI'm a cellist and an animator, someone who has spent their life trying to make things move, whether through sound or image. So when I look at sheet music the way most people see it, black, white, rigid, fixed, something in me resists. There is so much more happening inside that structure than the page lets on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eMy own scores have never been clean. They're covered in personal notes, scribbles between the staff, shorthand I developed over years of playing, and a private conversation between me and the music. \u003cem\u003eCrescendo\u003c\/em\u003e is a portrait of that. Not what sheet music looks like, but what it \u003cem\u003efeels\u003c\/em\u003e like from the inside.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThe notation drifts. It echoes. Color bleeds through where black and white used to be enough. The marks have shadow and movement because music itself does. It lives in time, it builds, it shifts beneath you as you play it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eAnd the word \u003cem\u003eCrescendo\u003c\/em\u003e is the loudest thing on the canvas deliberately. A crescendo is a direction: get louder, build, intensify. It doesn't whisper itself into existence. By the time you arrive at a crescendo, everything before it has been accumulating, every quiet measure, every restrained bow stroke, and suddenly the music can no longer contain itself. That's the moment this painting lives in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInterested in this work? Reach out and I'll get back to you personally.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"mailto:hi@miquimiqui.com?subject=Inquiry%3A%20Crescendo%20Original\" style=\"display:inline-block;background-color:#000;color:#fff;padding:16px 32px;font-size:12px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:0.15em;text-decoration:none;text-transform:uppercase;\"\u003eINQUIRE ABOUT CRESCENDO ORIGINAL\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"miqui miqui","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52280061002011,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/8008\/4763\/files\/IMG_9530.jpg?v=1780353094"},{"product_id":"waves-of-blues-original","title":"Waves of Blues Original","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWaves of Blues\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMixed Media on Canvas (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e80x80 inches\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCreated in Mexico City, 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eI wasn't listening to anything when I painted this. At some point, I noticed I had been humming the whole time without realizing it. I felt like a conductor, orchestrating the painting and giving it life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eAs an animator, I'm always trying to give life to things that only exist in structure. This is that. Sheet music, the way I actually experience it, not the way it looks on the page.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInterested in this work? Reach out and I'll get back to you personally.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"mailto:hi@miquimiqui.com?subject=Inquiry%3A%20Waves%20of%20Blues%20Original\" style=\"display:inline-block;background-color:#000;color:#fff;padding:16px 32px;font-size:12px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:0.15em;text-decoration:none;text-transform:uppercase;\"\u003eINQUIRE ABOUT WAVES OF BLUES ORIGINAL\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThis is the story of that song.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"miqui miqui","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52281575276827,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/8008\/4763\/files\/IMG_9550.jpg?v=1780376467"}],"url":"https:\/\/miquicia.myshopify.com\/collections\/music-originals.oembed","provider":"miqui miqui","version":"1.0","type":"link"}