Olympia Art Electrifies Community

Graces I by Sylvia Perle
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By Jake Luplow

skookum sponsorFrance, Chauvet Cave, 32,000-35,000 years ago.

With a blank, rugged canvas before him, he stood facing the wall of the cave. He closed his eyes and looked within. Beneath his fleshly tomb, beneath muscles and epidermis and tendons, lay a void, both finite and infinite. Within that space, his soul burst electricity through the stained glass window through which it peered. Violets and reds and blues shot forth veining his inner eye; he had in his mind an exact portrait of his soul. He etched upon the cave wall what he saw: mammoths, lions, rhinoceroses, bison, horses and bears.

The Chauvet Cave paintings are the oldest known to man. They are beautifully brilliant images bearing aesthetic appeal. Be it the sculptor, writer, or painter, every artist looks within, to his or her muse, to discover that which is destined to be created: art.

On my latest photography adventure, I set out to find and document art work in Olympia. The various pieces I found were incredible. In each piece, I got to witness a trace of each artist’s life breath–and within each piece their soul living on.

Most of the photos above are of various works of art found at Percival Landing and are part of the Percival Plinth Project. For detailed information on each artist, please visit www.olympiawa.gov/plinth.

Just as we are able to see into the past through the Chauvet Cave paintings, so too are we able to witness the present–and the culture of our community. I encourage you to wander around Olympia and find for yourself each of these masterpieces.

 

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