Darrington Rain
Date1947
Maker
Alden Mason
American, 1919 - 2013
Label TextIn 1940, Mason enrolled at the University of Washington to study entomology, but almost immediately found an insatiable interest in life drawing and soon changed his major to fine art, receiving an MFA in 1947. In this watercolor, we see the young artist's impression of storm clouds on the horizon in Darrington, WA, a small town nestled near the western base of the Cascade Mountains, northeast of Everett, WA where Mason was born. Here, the artist articulates in paint the distinct atmosphere of the climate of the Northwest, a region he knows intimately-Mason was raised on a farm in the Skagit Valley just north of Seattle and has lived nearly his entire life in this region. Today, at the age of ninety-one, Mason continues to maintain a studio in Seattle.
Object number47.139
Exhibition HistoryBellevue, Washington, Bellevue Arts Museum, Alden Mason: Fly Your Own Thing, May 14 - Oct. 10, 2021.Published ReferencesHull, Roger, et al. Alden Mason Paintings. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2021; p. 136, reproduced fig. 3.2.Credit LineMusic and Art Foundation Purchase Prize
Dimensions22 1/4 x 31 in. (56.5 x 78.7 cm)
MediumWatercolor on paper
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