Artwork copyright Peggy Gruen. Photo courtesy of the artist, 1990.

A Purple Influence, 1988

Peggy Gruen
American (born 1944)

Location: Tacoma Community College, Tacoma

About the Artwork

A Purple Influence is part of artist Peggy Gruen's body of vividly colored photographs that combine imagery of plants and flowers with digitally manipulated backgrounds.

This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with Tacoma Community College.

About the Artist

Photographer Peggy Gruen creates images that are digitally manipulated and saturated, featuring vibrantly colored flowers, leaves, and other natural objects. She lived in Spokane, Eastern Washington during the 1980s and early 1990s.