Artwork copyright Lanny DeVuono. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Furrow, 1997

Lanny DeVuono
(American, born 1951)

Location: Pasco High School, Pasco

ABOUT THE ARTWORK

Furrow is a grid of 24 square paintings created by artist Lanny Devuono. The images show the graphic furrow patterns made in agricultural fields, contrasted against blue skies. She notes, "The Palouse, with its endless, majestic, wheat-filled hills, well farmed, not quite wild, and yet not wholly tamed, have become a source of imagery."

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

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Lanny Devuono is a Colorado-based artist and professor who creates paintings and drawings inspired by natural forms and phenomena. She is a Professor of Art at the University of Colorado, Denver.

Raised in the Chicago suburbs, Lanny Devuono has lived on both U.S. coasts, East Africa, and Southern India. She lived in Spokane, Eastern Washington, in the early 1990s and was captivated by the landscape of the Palouse region. Devuono received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Antioch University in Seattle in 1980. She received a Master of Fine Arts in Painting from Mills College in Oakland, California in 1987. She received a Master of Arts in Teaching from Columbia University Teachers College in 1993.