Artwork copyright Barbara Robertson. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2017.

Magician, 1981

Barbara Robertson
American (born 1952)

Location: Clark College, Vancouver

About the Artwork

Part of a suite of five etchings by artist Barbara Robertson, Magician is composed of abstract elements that reference natural and geological formations. It is inspired by the color and light of the American Southwest landscape, where the artist lived for several years. Its imagery suggests the "impression of the earth as a dynamic evolution on many levels, physical and intellectual."

This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with Clark College.

About the Artist

Barbara Robertson is a Seattle-based abstract artist who creates energetic, complex, and gestural mixed-media artworks. Robertson states, "inspired by recent scientific inquiry in the fields of physics and astronomy, my work explores the relationship between form and content."