Artwork copyright Kay Lamoreux Buckner. Photo courtesy of the artist, 2002.

Palouse Spirits, 1999

Kay Lamoreux Buckner
American (born 1935, died 2012)

Location: Chimacum High School, Chimacum

About the Artwork

Palouse Spirits is part of artist Kay Lamoreux Buckner's series of wall rugs and paintings that depict the colorful and majestic landscape of the Palouse region in Eastern Washington. She notes "the sweeping panorama of the Palouse has romantic appeal for me. Born and raised in the city, my earliest views were limited by building walls, paved streets, and bridge spans. Consequently, I am touched by a landscape so dominated by spectacular vistas."

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

About the Artist

Kay Lamoreux Buckner was born and raised in Seattle. She graduated from Lincoln High School, the University of Washington (Bachelor of Art degree in Fine Art, 1958), and Claremont Graduate School in California (Master of Fine Art degree in painting, 1961). Kay was awarded the Rotary Award for Painting at The Northwest Arts and Crafts Fair (1955) in Bellevue, and she was included in Seattle Art Museum's 42nd Annual Juried Exhibition of Northwest Artists (1956). She moved to Eugene, Oregon in 1962, where she had a studio for the rest of her life and taught at the University of Oregon. The Frye Art Museum in Seattle held a solo exhibition of her paintings in 1979.