Artwork copyright Judith Hahn. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Artwork copyright Judith Hahn. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Artwork copyright Judith Hahn. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Tulip Field, 1995

Judith Hahn
(American, born 1941, died 1999)

Location: Tonasket Middle School, Tonasket

ABOUT THE ARTWORK

Tulip Field is a two-panel watercolor painting by artist Judith Hahn. To highlight perspective and depth-of-field, the large foreground blooms and the flowers in the background have been purposefully blurred. The artist noted how this play with focus allows the viewer to see a broad range of colors and abstract forms.

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

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Painter and printmaker Judith Hahn (1941-1999) was interested in color and light, as seen in nature.
Hahn lived and worked in Woodinville, Western Washington. Diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 1981 at age forty, her artistic process and style evolved to accommodate her physical limitations. Using a wheelchair limited her range of motion and the size of the artworks that she could create. As a result, she started created diptychs, or two-panel artworks, where she could combine two panels to make one larger artwork. She noted, "Because my disability severely limits my mobility, I work (in studio) from photographs we take in the field, although I often use only part of a photographic image, or combine several."
Hahn earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Illinois and a Master of Fine Arts degree from Michigan State University. During the 1990s, several of her artworks were donated to support the Multiple Sclerosis Society.