Artwork copyright Ron Hinson. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Untitled, 2002

Ron Hinson
(American, born 1934, died 2019)

Location: Blix Elementary School, Tacoma

ABOUT THE ARTWORK

This piece is an example of artist Ron Hinson's three-dimensional paintings. These artworks explore color relationships, texture, surface, and form. He termed this style "nonobjective." The composition highlights a harmony and a sense of movement without specific images. Hinson focused on the relationships between the shapes to create a feeling of movement branching out from the center. The color relationships create a vibrant and bright feeling.

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

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Olympia, Washington-based artist and teacher Ron Hinson (1934-2019) created abstract, three-dimensional, painted constructions. He explains that "it is a painting because colors, shapes and drawing with the brush are of greater importance than is the three-dimensional component."

Born and raised in Ohio, Hinson graduated from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He worked in advertising in New York City before moving to the Pacific Northwest. He taught at South Puget Sound Community College and The Evergreen State College, both in Olympia, Western Washington.