Artwork copyright John Moilanen. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2016.

Gillnetter; circa 1950, 1995

John Moilanen
American Finnish (born 1948)

Location: Ballard High School, Seattle

About the Artwork

Artist John Moilanen created Gillnetter; circa 1950 as an exploration of the static and dynamic forces found in man's interaction with nature. In this "conceptual realist" painting, Moilanen depicts "the lonely Virgil of a lone fisherman in the morning hours of damp checking his set of nets."

This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with Seattle Public Schools.

About the Artist

Northwest artist John Moilanen creates paintings designed to "recast our perception of the present and past history of the Pacific Northwest through the fusion of abstraction and expressionism which reflects our unique local landscape character."