Artwork copyright Jack Archibald. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, by Dale Lang, 2022.

Artwork copyright Jack Archibald. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, by Dale Lang, 2022.

Artwork copyright Jack Archibald. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, by Dale Lang, 2022.

Artwork copyright Jack Archibald. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, by Dale Lang, 2022 (detail).

Artwork copyright Jack Archibald. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, by Dale Lang, 2022 (detail).

Artwork copyright Jack Archibald. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, by Dale Lang, 2022 (detail).

Artwork copyright Jack Archibald. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, by Dale Lang, 2022 (detail).

Artwork copyright Jack Archibald. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, by Dale Lang, 2022.

Artwork copyright Jack Archibald. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, by Dale Lang, 2022 (detail).

Artwork copyright Jack Archibald. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, by Dale Lang, 2022 (detail).

Artwork copyright Jack Archibald. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, by Dale Lang, 2022.

Artwork copyright Jack Archibald. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, by Dale Lang, 2022 (detail).

Artwork copyright Jack Archibald. Photo courtesy of the artist, 2022.

Stilly Sunrise, 2022

Jack Archibald
(American, born 1950)

Location: Stanwood High School, Stanwood

ABOUT THE ARTWORK

Stilly Sunrise by Jack Archibald is an interpretation of the valley’s river, its farming community and heritage, its natural splendor with views to the mountain range beyond, and its connection to the Puget Sound. The symbolism literally rises up from ground level to over twenty feet toward a new dawn. Archibald uses patterns, forms, and symbolism from aerial landscape views, flowing waters, computer circuitry, and more. The ‘sunrise’ in the title is also a doorway into what lies ahead, a new dawn. Archibald notes that “the artwork is forward looking, an entry toward the next stage of Stanwood and the Stillaguamish Valley, one that acknowledges the past but points a direction into the future.”

This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with Stanwood-Camano School District.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Glass artist Jack Archibald uses light to animate the colors and abstract shapes in his stained glass artworks. In his own words, "As a stained glass artist, I work with light. Glass is uniquely interactive with light, its transitions, its intensities, its colors. Throughout the day, a window constantly undergoes transformation. The changing light animates the glass."

Archibald earned a Bachelor of Arts degree (1972) from the University of Wisconsin. In 1981, he established the private studio called "Revisionary Glassworks" on Camano Island, on North Puget Sound, Western Washington.