The Musicians' Table

The Musicians’ Table is an exhibit designed for the Denver Symphony’s gift shop in the Boettcher Concert Hall. It will be part of a group art show on display there from August 2025-December 2026. It will include paintings, illustrations, giclées, cards, and small bouquets of paper flowers (“colorful notes”) available for purchase in the Boettcher gift shop or through this website: artfulspaces.biz. 30% of sales of framed works and 40% of sales of unframed works will benefit the Denver Symphony. The exhibit is currently in production.

The concept of The Muscians’ Table was inspired by the glazing techniques and compositions representative of the Dutch Golden Age of the 17th century. At that time Dutch and Flemish Painters depicted still lifes with instruments, luxurious foods, and other riches on tables. Look at the copy of the painting framed in gold paper for example. Using a round table as the setting for my paintings, I pretended it occupied  a common space where Symphony musicians congregated when living and performing away from home. Then I imagined the arrangements they might create there and composed them in still life. As result my paintings show casual scenes in which collections of groceries and instruments were strewn over the tabletop and formal ones when the table was dressed to serve champagne and party foods. They showcase scenes and portraits of instruments.  Flowers, like the luxuries placed in the still lifes of the Golden Age,  were used to represent 

the richness of musical notes.

Thanks to HB Wood Songs in Boulder, CO for graciously giving me access to the majority of instruments depicted. And appreciation to Jen, Courtney and Alice who lent me their own.