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Artwork copyright Barbara Earl Thomas. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission.
Artwork copyright Barbara Earl Thomas. Photo courtesy of the artist.
Blowing Fire, Breathing Smoke, 2002
Barbara Earl Thomas
American (born 1948)
Location: The Evergreen State College, Olympia
About the Artwork
Blowing Fire, Breathing Smoke is part of artist Barbara Earl Thomas' series "A Fire in the Landscape." She notes, "In Blowing Fire, Breathing Smoke I imagine human struggles with social and environmental pressures as a conversation between forces that don't speak each other's language, understand each other's needs yet must inhabit the same space."
This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with The Evergreen State College.
About the Artist
Artist and writer Barbara Earl Thomas creates visual narratives that investigate social, psychological, and formal themes. Her art is informed by a "long and consistent practice of including the world in her art and her life in the world." She works in many mediums and materials, including painting, glass, paper, metal, wood, and egg tempera.Barbara Earl Thomas earned her Master of Arts degree in 1977 from the University of Washington in Seattle. She is a former Director of the Northwest African American Museum in Seattle. In 2016, she was honored with a Washington State Governor's Arts and Heritage Award and the Twining Humber Award for lifetime artistic achievement.
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