ALL: Master Collection List
Nationality
American
Preview
Date of Work
1995
Medium
Monoprint
Signature
Lower right
Height
25"
Width
19"
Collection/Provenance
Art & Design Study Collection
Status
On display: Third floor
Location
Memorial Union
Artist Bio
Sharon Linnehan is an artist and educator. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts at Saint Mary's College in Notre Dame, Indiana, she then went on to complete a Master of Arts in Art Education at Michigan State University and a Master of Fine Arts at the University of North Dakota. Linnehan chiefly works in the medium of monotypes, using an etching press, a process that creates unique prints that are never exactly the same.
Additional Information
Student composed text panel:
Sharon Linnehan (American)
Anniversary, 1995
Monoprint
UND Art Collections: Art & Design Study Collection
Purchased with funds from the Myers Foundations.
Color descends and ascends as the art progresses, showing the flashy beginnings of celebration, to the eventual fading and dullness of normality. Toward the center of the piece is a brightly colored streak, which seems to extend outward from the piece. However, this is soon consumed by the dark blue abyss below. Acting as if it were a firework, bright and colorful to only fade to darkness soon after. The piece displays two opposites interacting to form one. Portraying both the highs and lows of celebration which eventually blend to form the middle ground of everyday life.
Abstract work, containing the colors blue, purple, red, green, yellow and black.
Condition
Excellent
Rights
Images are provided for educational purposes only and may not be reproduced for commercial use. Images may be protected by artist copyright. A credit line is required to be used for any public non-commercial educational purpose. The credit line must include, “Image courtesy of the University of North Dakota.”