Poulenc sonata for oboe and piano movements
pastel on textured paper
17" x 11". 2017
NFS
(left to right above):
I. Elégie (Paisiblement, Sans Presser)
III. Déploration (Très calme)
II. Scherzo (Très animé)
III. Déploration (Très calme)
II. Scherzo (Très animé)
In musical order below:
I. Elégie, II. Scherzo, III. Déploration
I. Elégie, II. Scherzo, III. Déploration
I. Elégie (Paisiblement, Sans Presser)
Detail of Elégie
II. Scherzo (Très animé)
Detail of Scherzo
III. Déploration (Très calme)
Detail of Déploration
The artist used old oboe reeds and piano hammers grooved by strings to make marks and manipulate the pastel. Whilst drawing, she played a mental soundtrack of her seventeen-year-old self playing it with her mother on piano.