Artwork copyright Virginia Paquette. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Frammenti N. 60,61, 1988

Virginia Paquette
American (born 1947, died 2022)

Location: Ridgetop Middle School, Silverdale

About the Artwork

Frammenti N. 60,61 is part of artist Virginia Paquette’s group of large pastel drawings that reflect an interest in line, color and movement. “Frammenti” means “fragments” in Italian. The artist notes, “The image is based on my interpretation and manipulation of shapes and fragments of shapes relating to the human torso of classical imagery, draped, shattered, tied, intense, heroic and vulnerable, in drama and movement.”

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

About the Artist

The late Seattle-based artist Virginia Paquette created paintings and conceptual public art installations. She stated that the primary urge in her work is "to make marks, images, symbols that will communicate to you a message, feeling, visual stimuli that may be pleasing or thought-provoking."
Paquette received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1976 and a Master of Fine Arts degree in 1978, both in painting, from the University of Washington in Seattle.