Artwork copyright Karran West. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission.

King Me, 1983

Karran West
American (born 1953)

Location: Washington State Arts Commission, Olympia

About the Artwork

King Me is a colorful painting by artist Karran West. It is part of a body of work featuring interior spaces. These works encourage the viewer's eye to travel through the interior space, and find "escape" through windows into an exterior scene. This image plays with the relationship between geometry and organic forms.

This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with Washington State Arts Commission.

About the Artist

Karran West is an artist and illustrator who creates watercolor and pen-and-ink artworks. She graduated from the University of Washington in Seattle in 1976. She has worked as a letterpress printer and typographer at Spring Valley Press on Whidbey Island, Northwestern Washington, where she lives.