Artwork copyright Wendy Franklund Miller. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Hair Brained Ideas, 1989

Wendy Franklund Miller
(American, born 1943)

Location: Silver Ridge Elementary, Silverdale

ABOUT THE ARTWORK

Hair Brained Ideas is constructed from handmade and dyed paper pulp, wire, and found objects. This piece is part of artist Wendy Franklund Miller's series of mixed-media assemblage paintings that express emotions and sensations drawn from the artist's personal experiences. She notes that this piece, "reflects a comical moment as my family struggles through the small, everyday issues."

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

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Spokane-based artist Wendy Franklund Miller creates art using a variety of materials and techniques, including artist-made papers, encaustic paintings (made using melted wax), printmaking, and ink drawings. Her artworks explore a visual language of forms and symbols and is "mostly focused on discarded objects with all their implications for our civilization."
Franklund Miller was born in North Dakota and raised in Yakima, Central Washington. After art school and college, she settled in Spokane, Eastern Washington, where she has lived and worked since 1976.