Artwork copyright Bruce Amstutz. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2017.

Artwork copyright Bruce Amstutz. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2017.

Salmon V, 1987

Bruce Amstutz
American

Location: Ridgetop Middle School, Silverdale

About the Artwork

Salmon V is part of artist Bruce Amstutz's series of charcoal drawings that depict the movement of salmon and the interplay of light and darkness through water. Of this piece, Amstutz notes "I hope that the marks and lines themselves convey the kind of vigor, movement and necessity that I am trying to give to the salmon-- as though the same natural force that drives a salmon to return to its source has generated them."

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

About the Artist

Bruce Amstutz creates gestural landscape and figurative works on paper in an expressive style. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts and Master of Fine Arts degrees in drawing and painting from the University of Washington in Seattle. He taught art at Shoreline Community College for many years.