Artwork copyright Nancy Halbrooks. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Symbol Grid I (White), 1997

Nancy Halbrooks
American (born 1953)

Location: Auburn Riverside High School, Auburn

About the Artwork

Artist Nancy Halbrooks' Symbol Grid I (White) print depicts a series of objects in vibrantly saturated colors. She drew inspiration from several artists that investigate color theory and the transition from realism to abstraction. But she creates her own visual language of expressive symbols. Halbrooks created this print during a printmaking residency at Centrum, a center for the arts in Port Townsend, on the Olympic Peninsula in Northwest Washington.

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

About the Artist

Ohio-based artist Nancy Halbrooks creates figurative and abstract oil paintings, drawings, and prints. Many of her artworks feature imagery of birds and explore themes of endurance, adaptation, and community. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Indiana University and a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Washington in Seattle in 1977. She lived in Seattle for 22 years during the 1980s and 90s.