Artwork copyright Dick Weiss. Photo courtesy of the artist.
A Native American Woman, 1994
Dick Weiss
American (born 1946)
Location: Highline College, Des Moines
About the Artwork
Artist Dick Weiss is most well known for his stained glass artworks, combining Native American, folk art, and contemporary art traditions. "A Native American Woman" creates a sense of luminosity in the gestural, monochromatic portrait.
This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with Highline College.
About the Artist
Artist Dick Weiss is known for his large, glass installations. He creates glass and two-dimensional artworks that combine folk and contemporary art traditions. In his own words, "Stained glass has been a handmaiden to architecture for hundreds of years. I like that. I like its traditional, hand-built quality. It feels very human." Weiss has been working with stained glass since 1971.Weiss was born in Everett, Western Washington and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University in Connecticut. He is the recipient of 1981 and 1987 craftsman grants from the National Endowment for the Arts. He has taught at Pilchuck Glass School in Stanwood, Northwestern Washington, and Pratt Fine Arts Center in Seattle.
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