Artwork copyright John Moilanen. Photo courtesy of the artist.

NW Scene: Olympic Mountains and Puget Sound, 1993

John Moilanen
American Finnish (born 1948)

Location: Harbour Pointe Middle School, Mukilteo

About the Artwork

'NW Scene: Olympia Mountains and Puget Sound' is a landscape painting by artist John Moilanen. The composition features dynamic geometric elements to represent mountains. 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 Mukilteo 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."