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Artwork copyright Caroline Orr. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2016.
Sky Serpent Carries the Light, 1993
Caroline Orr
American Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation (born 1943)
Location: Cedar Heights Middle School, Covington
About the Artwork
Sky Serpent Carries the Light by artist Caroline Orr (Lillooet Okanogan) depicts a garter snake symbolic of the sun-carrier in Okanogan storytelling. Orr composed this piece with the subject "coiled in the sky, at the beginning of her rainbow journey." This print is part of a body of work created during a printmaking residency in Port Townsend, on the Olympic Peninsula in Northwest Washington.
This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with Kent School District.
About the Artist
Northwest artist Caroline Orr (Colville) creates paintings, prints, and sculptures influenced by her Native American heritage and the stories passed down by her ancestors. Orr grew up on the Okanogan plateau of North-Central Washington. She notes "Beginning my life on a reservation cattle ranch, I have always been inspired by nature and my native heritage, taught to me by the legends of my grandparents. Art... has helped me to express my appreciation for these stories and the wisdom of my ancestors." The Okanogan Tribe's traditional territory spans the U.S.-Canada boundary in Washington and British Columbia.Orr earned a Bachelor of Arts degree (1965) in art from the University of Washington in Seattle, a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree (1973) from the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, and a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree (1977) in painting from the University of Washington in Seattle.
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