Artwork copyright Victoria Adams. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission.

Levels of the Game, 1980

Victoria Adams
American (born 1931)

Location: Office of the Washington State Insurance Commissioner, Olympia

About the Artwork

Playing with tones and value, artist Victoria Adams created Levels of the Game by etching a zinc plate to different depths. She notes "The imagery is an abstraction of how organic planes that are side-by-side might reflect light and reveal their forms. The forms in nature might be rock faces, hanging icicles, drooping plants, or aerial views of lakes or mountains".

This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with Office of the Washington State Insurance Commissioner.

About the Artist

Victoria Adams is a painter, printmaker, and papermaker. Her artworks reflect her interest in nature, texture, and environments.
Adams lives and works on Vashon Island in South Puget Sound, Western Washington, surrounded by the horizons and skies of the Pacific Northwest. Tacoma Art Museum featured a solo retrospective exhibition of her work titled "Where Sky Meets Earth: The Luminous Landscapes of Victoria Adams" in 2010. Her art is in the collections of Tacoma Art Museum, Paul Allen Foundation for the Arts, Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation, and more.