Artwork copyright Rae Mahaffey. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Artwork copyright Rae Mahaffey. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Artwork copyright Rae Mahaffey. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Erratics, 2008

Rae Mahaffey
American (born 1954)

Location: Columbia Basin College, Pasco

About the Artwork

Rae Mahaffey's Erratics is filled with varied, textile-like patterns. The designs and the overall artwork create a sense of the diverse, global cultures found around Columbia Basin College, in Pasco, Southeastern Washington.

This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with Columbia Basin College.

About the Artist

Artist Rae Mahaffey is a Portland, Oregon-based painter. She creates large-scale patterns, painting them slowly, deliberately building layers as a part of her process. The lengthy time she spends on her paintings is a reaction to the fast-paced society of the digital world. Mahaffey studied at Western Washington University’s Fairhaven College in Bellingham (Northwestern Washington), at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark, and the University of Washington in Seattle.