Artwork copyright Thomas Prochaska. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2017.

Water Fountain, 2001

Thomas Prochaska
American (born 1945)

Location: Betz Elementary, Cheney

About the Artwork

Water Fountain is a painting by artist Thomas Prochaska. The colorful composition explores the boundary between figurative imagery and abstraction. Prochaska notes, "My work continues to be connected to the human form and psyche. The figure is my point of reference-whether the source is my diary, my memory, my fantasy, or drawn from life."

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

About the Artist

Portland, Oregon-based artist Thomas Prochaska creates paintings and prints as well as glass and papier mache sculptures.

Born in Chicago, Prochaska earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in painting and art education from the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 1968. He earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in painting and printmaking from the Pratt institute in Brooklyn, New York in 1970. He taught at the Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland, Oregon, from 1988 to 2012.