Homage to Mondrian
Composition with Red, Blue and Yellow
This piece is offered as homage to Piet Mondrian. It is modeled on his neoplastic style but expands the formal vocabulary from blocks of primary colors to include the textures and patterns of different kinds of stone.
It is not based on any particular work by Mondrian; his "Composition with Red, Blue and Yellow" at left is as close as any.
It is meant as a kind of "cover," a reinterpretation of a piece by a different performer. It poses the same question that Eva Cassidy's rendition of Over the Rainbow asks of Judy Garland's: How far can a "cover" depart from the original before it becomes sui generis?