James Frye hears colors.
At least that’s what he told his father one day as a young boy when asked how he selects colors for his artwork. While rare, Frye’s ability, known as synesthesia, has been shown by recent scientific studies to be more common than originally thought.
What Frye hears and translates into colors is on display at the Airway Heights Library from now until Oct. 1. According to information from the Spokane County Library District’s blogsite, Frye’s colorful art includes record albums, clocks, people, keyboards, and cats in a kaleidoscope of vibrant colors — each tableau intricately detailed and evoking a story, or an entire world.
Frye has had no formal artistic training, but said music plays a big part in his artwork, which he produces by drawing on an electronic sketchpad first, and then finishes by adding the colors digitally. Frye said he listened to his father’s vinyl collection of artists ranging from the Beatles to the Rolling Stones and the Who, and refers to himself as a “futurist throwback artist.”
For more information, call the Airway Heights Library at 893-8250. The library is located at 1213 S. Lundstrom St., and is open Tuesday and Thursday from 10 a.m. – 8 p.m., Wednesday and Saturday from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. and Sunday from 1 – 5 p.m.
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