Artwork copyright Bill Hoppe. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2021.

Lucky Dragon, 1996

Bill Hoppe
American (born 1945)

Location: Terrace Park Elementary School, Mountlake Terrace

About the Artwork

Lucky Dragon is part of artist Bill Hoppe's body of work that seeks to visually depict sound and what the artist calls sound's "poetic link to form." This piece captures the artist's experience walking down the street in San Francisco's Chinatown district and listening to the moment a gust of wind shook a hanging lantern.

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

About the Artist

Oregon-based artist Bill Hoppe creates paintings that investigate color, form, and nature through geometric abstraction. He is a professor of art at Central Oregon Community College. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from St. John's University in Minnesota in 1967. He received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Washington in Seattle in 1973.