Artwork copyright Janette Hopper. Photo courtesy of the artist.
Mt. St. Helens, 1989
Janette Hopper
American (born 1946)
Location: John C. Thomas Middle School, Cathlamet
About the Artwork
Artist Janette Hopper created the charcoal landscape drawing Mt. St. Helens after visiting the location in 1989. Capturing how the landscape was affected by the 1980 volcanic eruption, Hopper notes: "I had expected to think of the area as devastated and ugly but was surprised to find it spectacularly bared revealing the underlying forms of the landscape and accented by a patterned surface made by fallen trees."
This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with Wahkiakum School District.
About the Artist
Janette Hopper is a painter, printmaker, and performance artist. Her art is inspired by the places she has experienced while hiking, camping and kayaking. She lived in the Northwest for over fifteen years and she notes that "Most of my art is still inspired by the Northwest mystical spirit and my education and experiences there."Hopper grew up in Idaho with a lot of camping and fishing trips. In the late 1960s, she left university during the Vietnam War and joined the Peace Corps, spending two years in Colombia, South America. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a Master of Arts in Secondary Art Education from Boise State University in Idaho, and a Master of Fine Arts in Painting (1984) from the University of Oregon. She taught art at Columbia Basin College in Pasco, Southeastern Washington from 1985 to 2000. Hopper currently lives and makes art in North Carolina.
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