Artwork copyright Karen Ganz. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Company Man #2, 1995

Karen Ganz
American (born 1963)

Location: Hallett Elementary, Medical Lake

About the Artwork

Company Man #2 is part of artist Karen Ganz's body of paintings that use nostalgic imagery to symbolize our states of mind, such as inertia, ambivalence, loss, and love. She composed this piece as a meditation on assimilation. She notes that it is influenced by her experience of the tenure process at the University of Washington.

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

About the Artist

Seattle-based painter Karen Ganz creates layered compositions featuring imagery inspired by 1920s cartoons. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Berkeley and a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Iowa. She taught at the University of Washington in Seattle from 1988 to 1995.