Artwork copyright John Moilanen. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Olympic Mountains and Puget Sound, 1992

John Moilanen
American Finnish (born 1948)

Location: Mesa Elementary, Mesa

About the Artwork

Olympic Mountains and Puget Sound is a landscape painting by artist John Moilanen. The composition features dynamic geometric elements. He notes that these elements echo nature's "organic rhythm, the pulse of life."

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

About the Artist

Northwest artist John Moilanen creates paintings designed to "recast our perception of the present and past history of the Pacific Northwest through the fusion of abstraction and expressionism which reflects our unique local landscape character."