Artwork copyright Mark Abrahamson. Photo courtesy of the artist.
Bull pen, 1995
Mark Abrahamson
American (born 1944)
Location: Truman Middle School, Tacoma
About the Artwork
Bull pen is an aerial landscape photograph created by artist Mark Abrahamson. The image depicts Wrigley Field in Chicago, and was captured while working on a project documenting the Chicago River watershed. This image is part of the artist's series "Watershed Investigations" that documents adverse impacts to our waters. He notes "From this perspective one sees a landscape continuously redefined by development and the forces of nature... the world below is troubled and complex."
This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with Tacoma Public Schools.
About the Artist
Washington-based artist Mark Abrahamson creates aerial photographs that depict abstract patterns found in the landscape. He notes that his work focuses on "the United States’ urban and rural environments, examining how man has altered the landscape, affected our watersheds and contributed to climate change." An environmental advocate, his project "Global Warming: An American Perspective" features photographs and lectures based on twenty years of experience documenting changes in the landscape.Abrahamson grew up on the Washington coast. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in chemistry at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Southeastern Washington, a Doctor of Dental Surgery degree at University of Washington in Seattle, and served in the U.S. Air Force in the early 1970s. He is a photographer and environmental advocate and speaker.
_edited.jpg)
Translate