Artwork copyright Kay Lamoreux Buckner. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2016.

Artwork copyright Kay Lamoreux Buckner. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2016.

Going Downtown, 1990

Kay Lamoreux Buckner
American (born 1935, died 2012)

Location: North Omak Elementary, Omak

About the Artwork

Going Downtown is part of artist Kay Lamoreux Buckner's series of works that capture and explore the artist's memories of her childhood in Seattle. Using an exaggerated perspective, this piece highlights the steep sloping lawn of a terraced house, and contrasts richly colorful, unembellished areas with finely detailed figures.

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

About the Artist

Kay Lamoreux Buckner was born and raised in Seattle. She graduated from Lincoln High School, the University of Washington (Bachelor of Art degree in Fine Art, 1958), and Claremont Graduate School in California (Master of Fine Art degree in painting, 1961). Kay was awarded the Rotary Award for Painting at The Northwest Arts and Crafts Fair (1955) in Bellevue, and she was included in Seattle Art Museum's 42nd Annual Juried Exhibition of Northwest Artists (1956). She moved to Eugene, Oregon in 1962, where she had a studio for the rest of her life and taught at the University of Oregon. The Frye Art Museum in Seattle held a solo exhibition of her paintings in 1979.