"These eight large canvases (62 x 80 inches) painted between 2005 and 2008 were inspired by the monumental  improvisations of mid-twentieth century clarinet and saxophone artists Johnny Dodds, Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Ben Webster, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Dexter Gordon, and Sonny Rollins."

                                                      JAMES MCGARRELL.