Artwork copyright Gayle Bard. Photo courtesy of the artist.

West Valley Road, Colville #1, 1996

Gayle Bard
American (born 1936)

Location: Edison Elementary School, Bow

About the Artwork

West Valley Road, Colville #1 is part of artist Gayle Bard's body of work investigating the Washington landscape. This piece captures the rich color, textures, and contrast of a narrow agricultural valley. Imagery for these paintings are based on sketches and photographs taken by the artist during extensive road trips around the region.

This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with Burlington-Edison School District.

About the Artist

Northwest artist Gayle Bard creates realist landscape paintings and three-dimensional works, synthesized into what the artist calls "painterly installations." She lives and works on Bainbridge Island, on Puget Sound, Western Washington.