Artwork – The bow and the brush

Dan Flanagan #2
Mixed media on gator board, 2019
(acrylic, collage, graphite, brass screws)

Shinji Eshima composed The Collection, a solo violin piece inspired by this painting, premiered at Opera America’s National Opera Center in New York City on October 3rd, 2022.

In the Shallows
Oil on canvas, 2019

Linda Marcel composed Raven’s Dance, a solo violin piece inspired by this painting, premiered at Opera America’s National Opera Center in New York City on October 3rd, 2022.

(French, 1886-1943)
Bruxelles, pluie sur la Grand-Place
Oil on canvas, 1928

Jose Gonzalez Granero composed Cadenza II, a solo violin piece inspired by this painting, premiered at Opera America’s National Opera Center in New York City on October 3rd, 2022.

Into the Light
Oil on canvas, 2020

Cindy Cox composed Into the Light, a solo violin piece inspired by this painting, premiered at Opera America’s National Opera Center in New York City on October 3rd, 2022.

 

Stepping Out
Oil on canvas, 2009

Jacques Desjardins composed Émergence, a solo violin piece inspired by this painting, premiered at Opera America’s National Opera Center in New York City on October 3rd, 2022.

 

(American, b. 1958)
Island
Oil on canvas, 2019

Maiya Hynninen composed Island, a solo violin piece inspired by this painting, premiered at Opera America’s National Opera Center in New York City on October 3rd, 2022.

 

Allegro non trollop
Sculpture from a cello, 2020

Evan Price composed Blue Swan, a solo violin piece inspired by this sculpture, premiered at Opera America’s National Opera Center in New York City on October 3rd, 2022.

(French, 1849-1928)
Bords de la Seine devant Notre Dame
Oil on canvas

Trevor Weston composed Notre Dame au milieu de l’eau et du ciel, a solo violin piece inspired by this painting.

 

Shadow Breaking
Oil on canvas

Nathaniel Stookey composed Shadow Breaking, a solo violin piece, inspired by this painting, premiered at Opera America’s National Opera Center in New York City on October 3rd, 2022.

(French, 1841-1927)
Cour de Ferme, Breuillet
Pastel on paper, 1888

Jim Stephenson composed Guillaumin, a solo violin piece inspired by this pastel, premiered at Opera America’s National Opera Center in New York City on October 3rd, 2022.

(French, 1850-1924)
Une rue animée à l’automne
Oil on canvas, 1896

Dan Flanagan composed An Animated Street in Autumn, a solo violin piece inspired by this painting, premiered in a lived streamed recital for the Modesto Symphony on August 26th, 2020.

untitled
Oil on canvas

Peter Josheff composed Same Old Sadness, a solo violin piece inspired by this painting, premiered at Opera America’s National Opera Center in New York City on October 3rd, 2022.

(French, 1878-1952)
Le grand écart
Pastel on paper

Edmund Campion composed Le Grand Écart (the Splits), a solo violin piece inspired by this painting, premiered at Opera America’s National Opera Center in New York City on October 3rd, 2022.
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Path in winter, sunset
Oil on panel

Jessica Mays composed And miles to go…, a solo violin piece, inspired by this painting.

 

Danses
Lithograph on paper, 1898

Catherine Neville composed Danses, a solo violin piece inspired by this lithograph.

Premiered in a live-streamed recital for the Modesto Symphony on August 26th, 2020. The in-person premiere was at a Berkeley Symphony Chamber Concert at Piedmont Center for the Arts on April 10th, 2022.