The two-movement VAPORS was composed in 2008-09, inspired by the composer´s visit to artist Constance DeJong´s studio. Leisner was moved by her large two-paneled Nitrate Painting XVI, and he has written:

"You can feel enveloped by it and meditatively immersed in its cloudy or watery atmosphere, depending on how you see it. The more I looked at it, the more it gave me a similar feeling to watching a snowfall in which the snowflakes appear to be falling and rising at the same time. The first m...