Artwork copyright Linda Okazaki. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2017.

Samba, 1996

Linda Okazaki
American (born 1947)

Location: Brewster High School, Brewster

About the Artwork

Inspired to create a painting about music, dance, landscape and love, Samba depicts two figures based on characters from the Brazillian film "Black Orpheus," which is an adaptation of the Greek Legend of Opheus and Euridyce. Artist Linda Okazaki set these figures against a seascape background to emphasize the "fluid quality of the music and dance."

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

About the Artist

Port Townsend, Washington-based artist Linda Okazaki creates narrative, landscape, and still-life paintings.
Okazaki earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts and Master of Fine Arts degrees from Washington State University in Pullman, Eastern Washington, in 1974. She was a member of Washington State University's Fine Arts Department for seven years. She currently teaches at the Port Townsend School of the Arts on the Olympic Peninsula in Northwestern Washington, where she also lives and paints.