Artwork copyright Barry Herem. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission.

Wind Eagle, 1999

Barry Herem
American (born 1941)

Location: Klahowya Secondary School, Silverdale

About the Artwork

Non-Native artist Barry Herem created a stylized eagle sculpture for Klahowya Secondary School in Silverdale, on the Kitsap Peninsula in southern Puget Sound. The artwork celebrates the area's eagles that can be seen above the Kitsap Peninsula year-round. Herem was also partly inspired by a personal trip to Southeast Alaska and that area's art and cultural history.

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

About the Artist

Northwest artist Barry Herem creates sculptures inspired by the forms and symbolism found in the Native American artistic traditions of the Pacific Northwest Coast. Herem is a non-Native artist. He was born in Michigan, grew up in Portland, Oregon, and has lived in Seattle since 1964.