Artwork copyright Karen Guzak. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2016.

Mountains and Shooting Stars #3, 1981

Karen Guzak
American (born 1939)

Location: Lake Washington Institute of Technology, Kirkland

About the Artwork

Mountains and Shooting Stars #3 is part of artist Karen Guzak's series of four etchings that depict her childhood memories of the Colorado landscape. On the composition of this piece, Guzak notes: "the edges are worked like a tapestry to create an enclosure or border for the internal energy and space."

This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with Lake Washington Institute of Technology.

About the Artist

Karen Guzak runs an artist studio in Snohomish, AngelArmWorks, renovated from a historic church. She has taught art at Seattle Pacific University and acted as president of the board of Artist Trust. She has committed herself to art, public service, and yoga.