This painting was done by Tacoma artist, Laurie Davenport. Laurie Davenport is a Tacoma artist who has been drawing and painting since early childhood. She is inspired to work with images and designs derived from observing the people and places of daily life. She has had several solo shows over her career which have included organizing and participating in multimedia concerts and concurrent art exhibit/concert events. Since returning to Tacoma, Laurie has worked in both art and graphic design, winning the Grand Cinema's Tacoma Film Festival Poster Contest in 2008 among other awards and projects. Since early 2020, she has been sketching daily and posting the sketches on Instagram and Facebook (@lauriedavenportart); some of those sketches have migrated into paintings over the past year. Many of her works focus on music and musicians. Laurie also works in communications for a local legal aid organization and is an advocate for causes and organizations dedicated to ending racism, poverty and homelessness. For every piece of art she sells, she donates half the price to a charity of the buyer's choice.

The Trio Sonata was written as an homage to American composers Aaron Copland, Randall Thompson and Leonard Bernstein. The name references a Baroque era musical form but obviously thats not what is meant in this context. The specific colors, shapes and energy of the painting were all drawn from the experience of listening to this work. I am approximately the same age as Hailstork; the impact of these and other composers, as well as the visual art being created at that time, were powerful in my life and I feel quite connected to this piece. The Trio Sonata is an extremely moving, beautifully constructed musical composition which stands on its own with no program notes needed. Measures 36x36 inches.