Artwork copyright Jackie Hunsaker. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Bird House, 1992

Jackie Hunsaker
American (born 1947)

Location: Ilalko Elementary School, Auburn

About the Artwork

Bird House is an abstracted narrative drawing by artist Jackie Hunsaker that depicts a bird perched atop a roughly sketched house. Layering symbolic images, the artist notes that in this piece she "make worlds that I want. I picture how life seems to be."

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

About the Artist

Born and raised in North Carolina and Louisiana, artist Jackie Hunsaker moved to the Northwest in 1968. In her paintings Hunsaker depicts a rich visual vocabulary of varying images while exploring themes of memory, family, and life experience.