Artwork copyright Wendy Franklund Miller. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission.

Earth Skin #2: Bee Dance, 1993

Wendy Franklund Miller
American (born 1943)

Location: Dayton Elementary School, Dayton

About the Artwork

Artist Wendy Franklund Miller created Earth Skin #2: Bee Dance by bolting handmade paper under an aluminum frame. The combination of these materials gives emphasis to the contrast between nature and industry. Franklund Miller notes that the imagery is symbolic of renewal, communication, and choice.

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

About the Artist

Spokane-based artist Wendy Franklund Miller creates art using a variety of materials and techniques, including artist-made papers, encaustic paintings (made using melted wax), printmaking, and ink drawings. Her artworks explore a visual language of forms and symbols and is "mostly focused on discarded objects with all their implications for our civilization."
Franklund Miller was born in North Dakota and raised in Yakima, Central Washington. After art school and college, she settled in Spokane, Eastern Washington, where she has lived and worked since 1976.