The paintings in the Quartet series portray an abstract interpretation of a string quartet, which serves as a metaphor for the four person nuclear family dynamic. In music, a quartet is an ensemble or a composition of four instrumentalists or vocalists. The father was described as a cello a figure who mostly plays in accompaniment while keeping up a deep, steady strength. The mother is depicted as a viola, the alto, who rarely takes on the role as a soloist, but always acts to bridge all the other members. The children of the family are represented as two violins. They are the most alike, but also carry unique tones and together they create synergy just like a duet. The Quartet series conveys the idea that each of the family members is instruments with individual qualities that work together in harmonic unit to sound one composition.