Artwork copyright Amanda Jaffe. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Simple Escape, 1994

Amanda Jaffe
American (born 1953)

Location: Stevens Elementary School, Spokane

About the Artwork

Simple Escape is ceramic tile mural created by artist Amanda Jaffe. Featuring a central stream running through each tile, it is part of the artist's series titled "Paths." She notes that these works "recreate the meditative, relaxing, and sometimes frightening response we can have while on a long walk in nature."

This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with Spokane Public Schools.

About the Artist

Amanda Jaffe is a ceramic artist who draws from the landscape and culture of the two states where she lives, New Mexico and Montana. Her work is abstract with references to the landscape. It also often contains ceramic objects including boats, flowers and leaves. She creates ceramic tile paintings, murals, and smaller sculptural forms.
Jaffe earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in ceramics from Indiana University and Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Montana. She is Professor Emeritus at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, where she taught ceramics from 1985 to 2011.