Artwork copyright Bob Leader. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2017.

Artwork copyright Bob Leader. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2017.

The Summit, 1982

Bob Leader
American (born 1952, died 2009)

Location: Summit Trail Middle School, Ravensdale

About the Artwork

Artist Bob Leader painted The Summit after hiking in Glacier National Park, Montana, in early summer. He notes, "This section of the range of mountains depicted has an awesome quality which I hoped the viewer of this painting can share with me. As the clouds move, the shadows and lights constantly shift, yet the massive forms of the mountains are stoically fixed, rooted in the millions of millennia, which have given them existence."

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

About the Artist

Montana-based artist and musician Bob Leader (1952-2009) created paintings of the western landscape. Born in Pullman, he grew up in Eastern Washington. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in painting from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in 1976. In the 1980s, he served as an instructor at Blackfeet Community College in Browning, Montana.