Artwork copyright Michael Lindenmeyer. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Paul Bunyan and the Cowlitz Kid, 1991

Michael Lindenmeyer
American (born 1950)

Location: Department of Natural Resources - Pacific Cascade Regional Office, Castle Rock

About the Artwork

The humorous narrative painting Paul Bunyan and the Cowlitz Kid is part of artist Michael Lindenmeyer's "Boxcar Series", which combine images of the natural landscape and mythic figures with old industrial elements such as lumber mills and boxcars.

This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with Department of Natural Resources.

About the Artist

Michael Lindenmeyer is an Oregon and Olympia, Washington-based painter. He spent many summers in the 1980s in the Victorian seaport of Port Townsend, Washington where he rented a studio above the Town Tavern. His artworks tell mythic stories about the West Coast landscape and the consequences of industrialization.