Artwork copyright Michael Dal Cerro. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2017.

Artwork copyright Michael Dal Cerro. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2017.

Deserted Shipyard, 1990

Michael Dal Cerro
American (born 1953)

Location: Graham Elementary, Graham

About the Artwork

Deserted Shipyard is an intricately detailed print created by artist Michael Dal Cerro by carving the image's negative space into a wooden block. The resulting composition is part of a series of works that depict waterfront scenes and explore the spatial interaction between structures.

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

About the Artist

New Jersey-based artist Michael Dal Cerro utilizes painting, printmaking and digital media to create elaborately imagined compositions. Interested in the invention of forms and visual language, his works play with conventional perspective and figuration. Dal Cerro lived in Seattle, Washington between 1988 and 1993. Many of his artworks from that period depict imagery of the Pacific Northwest. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Northern Illinois University in 1975.