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Steensma, Jay

Last Name: Steensma
First Name: Jay
Dates:
*1941 (Date of Birth)
*1994 (Date of Death)
Biography/History: Jay Steensma was born in 1941 in Moscow, Idaho and died in Seattle in 1994. He recieved his B.F.A. from the University for Washington in 1962 and painted steadily for the rest of his life. Through primarily a painter, he has also made sculptures, prints, and photo-collages. Chalices, snakes, houses, clouds, and fish are some of his predominating subject matter. He usually painted in shades of gray and added small bits of primary colors for shock value. He was well-known for using the motifs of his onetime mentor Morris Graves. According to a friend and colleague Charles Krafft, Steensma loved the idea of whipping out drawings and paintings in a frenzy of creative energy. He was also a master of scale. His work ranged from wall-filling oils to postage-stamp-size drawings.
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Related Objects:
3495.1 (Drawing, Broadmoor, 1980)
3495.2 (Painting, Untitled)
3495.3 (Print, Untitled, 1990)
3495.4 (Painting, Untitled, Unknown)
3495.6 (Painting, Oakesdale Grain Elevators in Harvest Season, 1978)
3495.7 (Drawing, 1st Week, 1981)
3495.9 (Drawing, Untitled, 1966)
3578.2 (Drawing, Earliest Settlers in Salt Lake, 1970's)
3578.3 (Drawing, Eco, 1990)
3578.4 (Drawing, Untitled, 1991)
NN2003.27 (Poster, JAY STEENSMA COLLECTED WORKS, 1983)