Artwork copyright Kathryn Altus. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2017.

Chelan Shore, 2002

Kathryn Altus
American (born 1948)

Location: Stewart Elementary, Puyallup

About the Artwork

Chelan Shore is a landscape painting by artist Kathryn Altus that explores relationships between form and color. Altus notes that she is intrigued by the tension between natural beauty and human impact. She describes how the contrasting red buoy in this piece "can be seen as both a disturbing intrusion in to nature and/or a comforting symbol of humanity and culture."

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

About the Artist

Seattle-based artist Kathryn Altus creates landscape and seascape paintings. Altus is a graduate of Washington State University in Pullman, Eastern Washington, and Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle.