Artwork copyright Jackie Hunsaker. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Child and Mother, 1990

Jackie Hunsaker
American (born 1947)

Location: Graham Elementary, Graham

About the Artwork

Child and Mother is a colorful painting by artist Jackie Hunsaker that depicts two overlapping abstracted figures. The artist composed this piece after her son was deployed for military service in Iraq, and is meant to symbolize protection. Pondering questions of birth and death, the artist asks the viewer to "notice how the woman's head is in the sky. She, too, is a dreamer."

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

About the Artist

Born and raised in North Carolina and Louisiana, artist Jackie Hunsaker moved to the Northwest in 1968. In her paintings Hunsaker depicts a rich visual vocabulary of varying images while exploring themes of memory, family, and life experience.