Mark Swed: Putting art to music, with wondrous results

Great review of Mark Trayle’s performance at SMMoA on Saturday!
“In fact, textures seemed to be what Trayle’s performance was all about. Just as Pereira became fascinating finding a musical play of light as a complement to Zurbarán’s puckered lemon, Trayle’s granular electronic surfaces drew the eye to Swain’s granular surfaces. Indeed, his yellows were as crinkly as a lemon’s skin.
Before Trayle began, I saw Swain’s paintings as great swaths of earth and sky as seen from afar.…