Artwork copyright Kenna Moser. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Implement #1: Wrench, 1996

Kenna Moser
Canadian (born 1964)

Location: Pierce College - Fort Steilacoom, Lakewood

About the Artwork

Implement #1: Wrench is part of artist Kenna Moser’s series of artworks that combine vintage schoolbook and journal pages with hyper-realistic images of tools. She notes, “In the combination of the vintage text, drawings, and painted objects there is a sense of the artist's sketch book and scientist's notebook. There is a combination of the creative and logical mind; an exploration of the interaction between man and nature.”

This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with Pierce College District.

About the Artist

Bainbridge Island-based artist Kenna Moser creates encaustic collage paintings that use imagery from nature, vintage stamps, and letters. Encaustic paintings are created by combining melted beeswax with colored pigment, painted onto a surface in layers. She was born in Ontario, Canada and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Queens University in Ontario. She moved to the Pacific Northwest in 1993.