Artwork copyright Katherine Holzknecht. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2016.

Artwork copyright Katherine Holzknecht. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2016.

Secrets from the Deep, 1987

Katherine Holzknecht
American (born 1954)

Location: Kingston Middle School, Kingston

About the Artwork

Secrets from the Deep is a mixed-media wall sculpture by artist Katherine Holzknecht that combines painted dowels and copper-wrapped cedar roots to abstractly symbolize the gradation of terrain the artist observed hiking a ravine near Mount Si, Washington that had been eroded by spring floods. The artist notes that this piece is inspired by "the amazing power of nature at work."

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

About the Artist

Holzknecht earned a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Master of Arts degree in Textile Design and Fiber Arts from the University of Washington in Seattle. She lives and works in Woodinville, Washington.