Splash and Waterfall
Artist
Elizabeth Sandvig
MediumOil on paper
Dimensions87 x 48 in. (221 x 121.9 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineSeattle City Light 1% for Art Portable Works Collection
Raised in Mexico, the artist is a long-time Seattle resident who has exhibited her paintings in the region since 1965. Throughout the years, she has demonstrated a keen interest in color. During the 1980s, the artist used the icons of fire and waterfall that expressed the presence of death in life, anger, aloneness, and the relentless marking of time.