Artwork copyright Kay Lamoreux Buckner. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2016.

Artwork copyright Kay Lamoreux Buckner. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2017.

Campground Giants, 1996

Kay Lamoreux Buckner
(American, born 1935, died 2012)

Location: Concrete School District, Concrete

ABOUT THE ARTWORK

Artist Kay Buckner describes Campground Giants as a painting derived from imagination and memory. The imagery is inspired by the landmarks and wildlife of Washington's Olympic peninsula. The artist notes how "lush ferns, towering firs, and roadside tourist cabins summon childhood memories of forest scents and sounds."

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

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Northwest artist Kay Lamoreux Buckner (1935-2012) created figurative paintings and drawings with rich psychological imagery. In the 1990s she began to create textile artworks.

Kay Lamoreux Buckner was born and raised in Seattle. She graduated from Lincoln High School, the University of Washington (Bachelor of Art degree in Fine Art, 1958), and Claremont Graduate School in California (Master of Fine Art degree in painting, 1961). Kay was awarded the Rotary Award for Painting at The Northwest Arts and Crafts Fair (1955) in Bellevue, and she was included in Seattle Art Museum's 42nd Annual Juried Exhibition of Northwest Artists (1956). She moved to Eugene, Oregon in 1962, where she had a studio for the rest of her life and taught at the University of Oregon. The Frye Art Museum in Seattle held a solo exhibition of her paintings in 1979.