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Brushstrokes

Date

2020

Role

Daniel Swartz, Composer
Cassie Shearer, Artist

Brushstrokes, for saxophone quartet was written in conjunction with the creation of the painting pictured, allowing the music and the painting to inspire each other simultaneously. Each movement of the piece is indicative of a particular color and gesture of the paint seen on the canvases.

I. droplets/turquoise
II. streaks/black
III. stippling/fuchsia
IV. ringlets/tangerine
V. sunbursts/lime
VI. drips/amethyst

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