This body of work reflects years of Grantham’s engagement with Bach’s Goldberg Variations, famously interpreted by pianist Glenn Gould. The composition’s technical and emotional complexity forms the conceptual foundation for her visual response, translating contrapuntal musical structures into layered forms and harmonies of color.

While not strictly synesthetic, the works evoke an intersection of sound and image, where music becomes line, shape, and hue. Executed entirely in pastel on paper, they achieve a depth and saturation that defy expectations of the medium; from afar, one might not believe such intensity could come from pastel alone. That choice ultimately gives the series its resonance.

Influences from Orphism and Synchromism—movements adjacent to Cubism—are evident throughout, with affinities to Kandinsky adding an historical dimension to her contemporary practice. Originally from Tallahassee, Florida, Grantham now lives in New York City and works across multiple media, including acrylic, watercolor, collage, and photography.

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