Artwork copyright Janette Hopper. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Sage and Flocks, 1995

Janette Hopper
American (born 1946)

Location: North Thurston High School, Lacey

ABOUT THE ARTWORK

Sage and Flocks is a landscape painting by artist Janette Hopper. The imagery depicts the desert in the spring. Hopper notes, “I was particularly interested in the color and texture. Nature speaks to me in two ways. One way is the depiction of the particular location – its patterns, its topography, its special relationships, the movement of the clouds. The second part is my own inner voice which is somehow reflected in the paint strokes and the mood of the painting.”

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

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Janette Hopper is a painter, printmaker, and performance artist. Her art is inspired by the places she has experienced while hiking, camping and kayaking. She lived in the Northwest for over fifteen years and she notes that "Most of my art is still inspired by the Northwest mystical spirit and my education and experiences there." Hopper grew up in Idaho with a lot of camping and fishing trips. In the late 1960s, she left university during the Vietnam War and joined the Peace Corps, spending two years in Colombia, South America. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a Master of Arts in Secondary Art Education from Boise State University in Idaho, and a Master of Fine Arts in Painting (1984) from the University of Oregon. She taught art at Columbia Basin College in Pasco, Southeastern Washington from 1985 to 2000. Hopper currently lives and makes art in North Carolina.