Artwork copyright Janette Hopper. Photo courtesy of the artist.
Red Flags, Boats, 1992
Janette Hopper
American (born 1946)
Location: Monte Cristo Elementary, Granite Falls
About the Artwork
Red Flags, Boats is part of artist Janette Hopper’s body of work created while pursuing a Fulbright Teaching Exchange in Denmark, northern Europe, in 1992. The imagery depicts a seaside port in Aarhus, Denmark, a few blocks from where the artist lived. Hopper describes the quality light that inspired this painting as similar to the Pacific Northwest. She notes, “I loved all the reds in the boats, flags, and docks and the contrast of those reds against the blues of the sky and water.”
This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with Granite Falls School District.
About the Artist
Janette Hopper is a painter, printmaker, and performance artist. Her art is inspired by the places she has experienced while hiking, camping and kayaking. She lived in the Northwest for over fifteen years and she notes that "Most of my art is still inspired by the Northwest mystical spirit and my education and experiences there."Hopper grew up in Idaho with a lot of camping and fishing trips. In the late 1960s, she left university during the Vietnam War and joined the Peace Corps, spending two years in Colombia, South America. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a Master of Arts in Secondary Art Education from Boise State University in Idaho, and a Master of Fine Arts in Painting (1984) from the University of Oregon. She taught art at Columbia Basin College in Pasco, Southeastern Washington from 1985 to 2000. Hopper currently lives and makes art in North Carolina.
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