Artwork copyright Elizabeth Sandvig. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2017.

Artwork copyright Elizabeth Sandvig. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2017.

Peaceable Kingdom (after Edward Hicks), 1992

Elizabeth Sandvig
(American, born 1937, died 2024)

Location: Jefferson Elementary School, Port Angeles

ABOUT THE ARTWORK

Peaceable Kingdom (after Edward Hicks) by artist Elizabeth Sandvig features many different animals and human figures posed together in pastoral, peaceful harmony. The painting is a direct adaptation of a well-known painting by the American Folk Painter Edward Hicks. The idea for Hicks' "Peaceable Kingdom" was inspired by the Book of Isaiah (from the Bible's Old Testament) and the passage "the wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid." It is about the promise of a future era of global peace and harmony, an era free of conflict and hardship.

This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with Port Angeles School District.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Seattle painter and printmaker Elizabeth Sandvig (1937-2024) created expressive artworks inspired by dreams and imagination. In her own words "I am always looking for some mysterious in-between place where ideas and images come together to show me a new exciting path to follow."

Sandvig grew up in Seattle, Washington D.C., and Mexico City. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Pomona College in California and a Master of Arts degree from Harvard University in Massachusetts. In 2007, she received the Twining Humber Award for lifetime artistic achievement, and an autobiographical book about her work "I Surprise Myself, The Art of Elizabeth Sandvig" was published.