Three Petite Paintings were written for NYU’s 2015 Youth Music Festival, a concert featuring works by composition students at NYU and performed by youth musicians from the New York area. Each movement was inspired by and evokes the works of three monumental artists: Sky Above Clouds III by Georgia O’Keefe, The Old Guitarist by Pablo Picasso, and Irises by Vincent van Gogh. Though written with the beginner/intermediate-level player in mind, these pieces can be enjoyed by anyone.