Artwork copyright Constance Speth. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2016.

Room with Light #2, 1994

Constance Speth
American (born 1934, died 2019)

Location: Mount Baker Junior/Senior High School, Deming

About the Artwork

Artist Constance Speth created Room with Light #2 as part of a body of drawings that explore light as their primary subject. Drawn using intricate and minute marks to create color, shadow ,and perspective, this piece reveals how light can both inform and transform our visual experience.

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

About the Artist

Ellensburg-based artist and teacher Constance Speth (1934-2019) created drawings, paintings, and prints that explore light, shadow, and form.
Speth grew up in Seattle. She earned bachelor's (1955) and master's (1964) degrees in education from Central Washington University, with a thesis in painting. She earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in drawing from the University of Idaho in Moscow in 1984. She taught drawing and a variety of other studio and non-studio courses at Central Washington University from 1964-1995 and retired as Emeritus Professor of Art.