Artwork copyright Bruce Amstutz. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, by Alan Ayers of Make Northwest, 2020.

Artwork copyright Bruce Amstutz. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2011.

Artwork copyright Bruce Amstutz. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, by Alan Ayers of Make Northwest, 2020.

Artwork copyright Bruce Amstutz. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, by Alan Ayers of Make Northwest, 2020.

Salmon I, 1982

Bruce Amstutz
American

Location: Harriet Rowley Elementary, Mount Vernon

About the Artwork

Salmon I is part of artist Bruce Amstutz's series of charcoal drawings of salmon. He notes, "Movement through water and from light into darkness concerned me more than the physical description of salmon in this series. Dark compressed charcoal, worked and reworked, seemed in keeping with the mood of this image."

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

About the Artist

Bruce Amstutz creates gestural landscape and figurative works on paper in an expressive style. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts and Master of Fine Arts degrees in drawing and painting from the University of Washington in Seattle. He taught art at Shoreline Community College for many years.