Stellar Nursery - Scarlatti Sonata K27
Stellar Nursery 12X48 Pastel on canvas
Stellar Nursery is based on a performance of Domenico Scarlatti's Sonata K27 by Mikhail Pletnev.
Scarlatti's Sonata K27 is a work I have painted at least twenty times, by dividing it up into four parts, each with multiple iterations. The variations in performances of this sonata are very diverse and its meaning is richly developed. I am not sure what it is about this sonata that has made it so compelling to so many musicians, with the exception that it bears whatever you bring to it and gives it back in a different form. This rendition relates the colors of the Sonata to a NASA image of a stellar nursery, which I copied in pastel below.
Scarlatti's Sonata K27 is a work I have painted at least twenty times, by dividing it up into four parts, each with multiple iterations. The variations in performances of this sonata are very diverse and its meaning is richly developed. I am not sure what it is about this sonata that has made it so compelling to so many musicians, with the exception that it bears whatever you bring to it and gives it back in a different form. This rendition relates the colors of the Sonata to a NASA image of a stellar nursery, which I copied in pastel below.
Stellar Nursery Sketch
Pastel copy of NASA Image