Artwork copyright Margaret Davidson. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2016.

The Pond is the Field -- no splash, 1981

Margaret Davidson
American (born 1949)

Location: Northshore School District, Bothell

About the Artwork

Artist Margaret Davidson created the imagery of shadows and objects on a frozen pond in her figurative drawing 'The Pond is the Field -- no splash.' The artist notes that this piece is an articulation of the comfort and hope she feels knowing "the earth is constantly, inexorably changing, and is not at all under total human control."

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

About the Artist

Northwest artist and illustrator Margaret Davidson creates figurative drawings that focus on "the subtle and reciprocal relationship between the mark and the surface, along with various related dichotomies such as figure and ground, form and space, and illusion and reality."