Anna Clyne is a cross-disciplinary artist. Her creative process embraces her love of music and painting.
PALETTE
PALETTE is a 35-minute work for orchestra that explores the symbiosis between music and art. Each of the seven movements explores a different hue and the first letters collectively spell the title of the work: Plum, Amber, Lava, Ebony, Teal, Tangerine and Emerald. As part of the creative process, I created a painting for each movement – exploring gesture, texture, light and dark, color and form – elements that also translate to music.
Anna Clyne discusses her paintings for PALETTE at her home studio in the Hudson Valley, New York. 2025.
PALETTE - excerpts from a performance by The New World Symphony and Stéphane Denève, Miami. 2025.
I. Plum - 30” x 30” - acrylic & oil. 2024.
II. Amber - 30” x 30” - acrylic, oil & resin. 2024.
III. Lava - 30” x 30” - acrylic, oil & pumice. 2024.
IV. Ebony - 30” x 30” - acrylic, oil & fiber. 2024.
V. Teal - 30” x 30” - acrylic & oil. 2024.
VI. Tangerine - 30” x 30” - acrylic & oil. 2024.
VII. Emerald - 30” x 30” - acrylic, oil & glass beads. 2024.
NIGHT FERRY
Night Ferry is music of voyages, from stormy darkness to enchanted worlds. As part of the creative process I created both a 25-minute work for orchestra and a 12-foot wide mural.
Night Ferry mural by Anna Clyne. 12’ x 18” - acrylic, pencil, charcoal, gauze, paper & ribbon. 2012.
Night Ferry - excerpt from for a recording by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Ricardo Muti, Chicago. 2012.
Night Ferry - excerpt from a performance by The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and Alpesh Chauhan, Manchester. 2014.
“Anna Clyne, a Composer Who Creates With Images”
- New York Times
Anna Clyne at her home studio in Brooklyn. 2015.
COVER ART
I have enjoyed creating custom album cover art for colleagues and collaborators.
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Anna Clyne at her home studio in the Hudson Valley, New York. 2024.
“Composer Anna Clyne, a radical melodist with a painter's eye” - NPR
Anna Clyne at The Woodstock School of Art, New York. 2024.
“Strikingly original”
— The Scotsman