Artwork copyright Lauri Chambers. Photo courtesy of the artist, 2019.

Artwork copyright Lauri Chambers. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2019.

Not Titled, 2007

Lauri Chambers
(American, born 1951)

Location: Peninsula College - Fort Worden, Port Townsend

ABOUT THE ARTWORK

Artist Lauri Chambers created this bold, abstract painting. Chambers is interested in the viewer's act of seeing – whatever it may be that they see. She is trying to create something that is wholly abstract and does not tell a story, not share ideas, not use recognizable symbols or imagery. In her own words, "Process and visual balance are important here, not content. References that one might see as being related to the real world are coincidental."

Curator Kathleen Garrett selected this artwork as part of a collection of artworks for Peninsula College's Fort Worden campus in Port Townsend. The collection reflects and explores Port Townsend and Fort Worden's architecture and its unique Northwest landscape and character.

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

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Northwest artist Lauri Chambers creates oil-based abstract paintings. She works mainly in black and white squares. Her paintings are visual representations of the impossibilities of language.
Chambers lives and works on Marrowstone Island by the Olympic Peninsula. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1986 from the University of Washington in Seattle. Her artworks are included in the collections of Tacoma Art Museum, Museum of Northwest Art in La Conner (Northwestern Washington), Microsoft Art Collection, and more.