Artwork copyright Madge Gleeson. Photo courtesy of the artist, 1985.

Test Pit II, 1982

Madge Gleeson
American (born 1945)

Location: Union Gap School, Union Gap

About the Artwork

Test Pit II is part of artist Madge Gleeson’s series of imaginative landscapes. In this piece, she places the rooms of a house as if part of the forest floor. These works use archaeological themes to play with the tension between fantasy and reality. She notes that the imagery suggests the feeling of “searching for meanings which are hidden through time and circumstance.”

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

About the Artist

Madge Gleeson creates prints, drawings and paintings that explore conceptual narratives and digital media.
Gleeson is Professor Emeritus at Western Washington University in Bellingham (Northwestern Washington), where she taught since 1983. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree and Master of Arts degree in teaching from Brown University in Rhode Island. In 1976, she received a Master of Fine Arts degree from Washington State University in Pullman, Eastern Washington.