Artwork copyright Cynthia Krieble. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Basalt Ledges, 1997

Cynthia Krieble
American (born 1946)

Location: Toppenish Middle School, Toppenish

About the Artwork

Basalt Ledges is part of artist Cynthia Krieble's body of impressionistic landscape paintings that explore the interplay of color, light, texture, and form present in the natural environment. The artist notes "landscape possesses an emotional significance for me. Also it becomes a vehicle for examining visual perception...at a distance my paintings read as sharply focused illusionistic images. Up close they become a flattened weave of abstract brush strokes."

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

About the Artist

Ellensburg, Central Washington-based artist Cynthia Krieble's impressionistic landscape paintings explore color and sensuality. They are characterized by rhythmic, gestural paint strokes.

Krieble is Professor Emeritus at Central Washington University, where she taught painting and drawing for over twenty years.