Artwork copyright Mary Randlett. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Water Landscape, 1988

Mary Randlett
(American, born 1924, died 2019)

Location: Pierce College - Puyallup, Puyallup

ABOUT THE ARTWORK

Water Landscape by Mary Randlett captures the rippling reflection of alder trees in a pond at the Bloedel Reserve on Bainbridge Island, on Puget Sound, Western Washington. Randlett noted "I always look for circles in water as they lend another dimension to moving form."

This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with Pierce College.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Photographer Mary Randlett (1924-2019) created iconic compositions focused on the prominent figures, landscape and architecture of the Pacific Northwest. She is well known for her portraiture of the artists that comprised the "Northwest School" movement of the 1930s and 40s. Over forty national institutions hold her work in their collections. These include the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C, and the University of Washington in Seattle. She received the Artist Trust Lifetime Achievement Award in 2001.