Artwork copyright Lisa Sheets. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Artwork copyright Lisa Sheets. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2017.

She Pushing Off, 1998

Lisa Sheets
American (born 1963)

Location: Mountain View High School, Vancouver

About the Artwork

Artist Lisa Sheets sourced the images for the collage She Pushing Off from magazine ads from the 1940s and a friend's family photographs. She notes, "There is a sense of floating images or a dream-like quality. The women in a boat image is one I use frequently because it has many connotations: journey, independence, moving through water, which is a symbol of life force, and birth." This piece is part of a group of layered collages featuring different eras of 20th century women. Sheets created this artwork during an artist residency in Sarasota, Florida.

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

About the Artist

Artist Lisa Sheets creates collaged artworks and sculptures. Born in Illinois, she received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Western Illinois University in Macomb, and a Master of Fine Arts degree from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. She has taught at Southern Illinois University and at the Seattle Women's Caucus for Art. She is based in Kenmore, Western Washington.