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Robyn Koh presented Sonata No. 2 in Amsterdam on June 1, 2017, as the last piece in a chronological program of works spanning 400 years of music history..

Thank you, Robyn, for introducing this piece to the Amsterdam audience!

Here’s a reworking of an image from 2005. Originally on paper, it got damaged (probably by a deranged cat). So I enlarged it on canvas with acrylic. My 5-year-old student Xuanyu Guo (aka “Judy”) is helping me hold it up.

Here are a couple of recent programs, in North Carolina and California. (Click to enlarge.)

Two new works built from simple geometric shapes. They radiate outward from the center, creating more complex designs. The patterns could continue indefinitely, I suppose. Notice the pinwheels in Image no. 2; they may not be apparent at first glance.

Self-propagating image No. 1

Self-propagating image No. 2

There is an African basis for the choice of colors: black, white, orange, and brown. The images are approximately 20 x 20 square.

Here’s a new watercolor for summer. Except for the shadow, the background was created with an ordinary kitchen sponge. (Kids don’t try this at home.) One of those moments when you risk ruining everything done so far. That’s the fun of art!

Bell Flowers (2015)

17 x 21, framed

The Sonata for Two Harpsichords (3rd movement) received a performance in Tokyo, Japan on May 10, 2015. This performance was sponsored by the Japan Harpsichord Society. The performers, Tomoko Kakuma and Tomoko Teramura, say they are interested in doing my new Sonata No. 2 for Two Harpsichords in Japan in the near future.  That will be exciting!