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Burning the Word
Burning the Word
Burning the Word

Burning the Word

Artist Barbara Earl Thomas
MediumEgg tempera on paper
Dimensions15 1/8 x 20 1/2 in. (38.4 x 52.1 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineSeattle Public Utilities 1% for Art Portable Works Collection
Thomas's paintings combine discipline with passion. They are carefully composed and painted. While small in scale and subdued in color, they are full of human drama with figures tossed in tumultuous seas or skies as Thomas reflects on the precarious state of the world.
Place Set, Lost Place
Barbara Earl Thomas
1995
Swift Water Birds Series IV
Barbara Earl Thomas
2001
Swift Water Birds Series II
Barbara Earl Thomas
2000
Swift Water Birds Series I
Barbara Earl Thomas
2000
Here Lies Water
Barbara Earl Thomas
2000-11
Double Image #2
Barbara Earl Thomas
1977
Raven Shouts Water
Barbara Earl Thomas
2001
Double Image #1
Barbara Earl Thomas
1977
Dream Delivered (Book of Fishing)
Barbara Earl Thomas
2008
A Raven Shouts Water
Barbara Earl Thomas
2001
Elephant Connection
Sherry Markovitz
1979