Artwork copyright John Moilanen. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2017.

Artwork copyright John Moilanen. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2017.

Sunset, Olympic Mountains and Puget Sound, 1987

John Moilanen
American Finnish (born 1948)

Location: Zieger Elementary, Puyallup

About the Artwork

Sunset, Olympic Mountains and Puget Sound is a vibrantly colored painting composed with bold, intersecting geometric forms. This piece is an example of artist John Moilanen's landscape paintings which he notes "recast of perception of the present and past history of the Pacific Northwest through a fusion of abstraction and expressionism which reflects our unique local landscape character."

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

About the Artist

Northwest artist John Moilanen creates paintings designed to "recast our perception of the present and past history of the Pacific Northwest through the fusion of abstraction and expressionism which reflects our unique local landscape character."