Artwork copyright Marilyn Frasca. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Artwork copyright Marilyn Frasca. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2021.

Artwork copyright Marilyn Frasca. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2021.

Ways of Knowing: Cow, 2006

Marilyn Frasca
American (born 1939)

Location: Pioneer Elementary School, Shelton

ABOUT THE ARTWORK

Ways of Knowing: Cow is a monotype print by Marilyn Frasca. She considers her monotype printmaking to be intuitive and similar to sculptors who “find what’s already in the rock” as they carve. In her own words, she describes her monotype printmaking technique: “I begin with a single print made from an inked plate. I use a variety of techniques to create textures which I later study to see what is there. Working with the image that comes to me, I am able to sharpen and develop a visual and emotional response to the textures and shapes of the print, which seem to clarify and assemble themselves into astonishing pictures of people, places, and events that have no recognizable connection to my life. I do this with drawing materials that include charcoal and pastels.” This artwork is part of a curated collection by Dawna Holloway in May 2021 at Pioneer Elementary, in Shelton, Western Washington. Holloway’s focus is the mystery of this world we find ourselves in together. Art can show us the world around us, as well as new ways of looking. Art is a tool and a language to express our vision of the world. These art examples remind us that art and its expression is always available to all of us.

This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with .

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Marilyn Frasca is a printmaker and painter. Born and raised in New York City, Frasca studied at the Cooper Union School of Art in New York City in the late 1950s. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the California School of Fine Arts (now the San Francisco Art Institute) and a Master of Fine Arts degree from Bennington College in Vermont. In 1973, Frasca moved to the Pacific Northwest where she taught art at The Evergreen State College, Olympia, from 1973 to 1999. She continues to live and create art in Olympia, Western Washington.