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Lois Graham  
         
       
 
  Lois Graham - Mirrorment



Mirrorment
1987
oil on canvas
72 x 40 in.  
$10150
available at Pioneer Square
 
  Lois Graham - Magnetic Memory VIII



Magnetic Memory VIII
1983
oil on canvas
56 x 50 in.  
$9950
available at Pioneer Square
 
  Lois Graham - Flintlight III



Flintlight III
1984
oil on canvas
78 x 66 in.  
$16250
available at Pioneer Square
 
  Lois Graham - Magnetic Memory IV



Magnetic Memory IV
1983
oil on canvas
56 x 50 in.  
$9950
available at Pioneer Square
 
  Lois Graham - Jigsaw III



Jigsaw III
1994
oil on canvas
56 x 52 in.  
$10250
available at Pioneer Square
 
  Lois Graham - Sound Effect



Sound Effect
1996
oil on canvas
56 x 52 in.  
$10250
available at Pioneer Square
 
  Lois Graham - Mudflaps II



Mudflaps II
2005
oil on canvas
14.5 x 36.5 x 1 in.  
$3100
available at Pioneer Square
 
  Lois Graham - Theodora's Two



Theodora's Two
2004
oil on canvas
10 x 20.5 in.  
$1375
available at Pioneer Square
 
  Lois Graham - Persian Earth VI



Persian Earth VI
2002
monotype and pastel
20 x 16 in.  
$2000
available at Pioneer Square
 
  Lois Graham - Suncups VIII



Suncups VIII
1998
monotype
26 x 22 in.  
$2000
 
  Lois Graham - Insulator



Insulator
1997
oil on canvas
32 x 72 in.  
$8600
available at Pioneer Square
 
  Lois Graham - Yellow Triangle XII



Yellow Triangle XII
1996
monotype
26 x 22 in.  
$2000
available at Pioneer Square
 
  Lois Graham - Yellow Triangle IV



Yellow Triangle IV
1996
monotype
26 x 22 in.  
$2000
available at Pioneer Square
 
  Lois Graham - Rocking Stone III



Rocking Stone III
1986
monotype
22 x 28 in.  
$2000
available at Pioneer Square
 
  Lois Graham - Magnetic Memory X



Magnetic Memory X
1984
oil on canvas
52 x 80 in.  
$14000
available at Pioneer Square
 
  Lois Graham - Birthday Present XIV



Birthday Present XIV
1982
monotype
17.75 x 24 in.  
$2000
available at Pioneer Square
 
  Lois Graham - Birthday Present VII



Birthday Present VII
1982
monotype
21.5 x 27.75 in.  
$2000
 
  Lois Graham - Tritomite V



Tritomite V
1981
oil on canvas
80 x 157 in.  
$36000
available at Pioneer Square
 
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Click to view catalog for Lois Graham's May 2010 Exhibition Fierce Abstraction: From the Archives

 
  Lois Graham is recognized as one of the most influential abstract painters and printmakers of the Northwest. Born in Illinois, Lois Graham attended Knox College in Galesburg and in the 1950’s attended Washington University School of Fine Arts in St. Louis, Missouri. She formulated ideas about abstraction and the cohesiveness of composition and space in St. Louis during at the height of abstract expressionism. Graham was a guiding force in the Seattle art community, and acted as a mentor to many young artists. In 1992 she and her husband, Gene Graham, established the Union Art Co-op as a live/work space for Seattle artists. Lois Graham passed away October 9, 2007 at the age of 77.

Graham’s work radiates a sense of control, maintaining a constant and consistent abstract image-field, this characteristic groups her with second generation abstract expressionists such as Joan Mitchell, Philip Guston, and Jack Tworkov. Graham applied color in methodical, short, hatch-like strokes in her paintings and monoprints. “I like to play with paint.” Graham said, “I love to push it around to see what happens.  To me, oil paint seems like a living organism: infinite modulations and transformations are possible…I try to evoke directly intense feelings, states of mind, which can’t be easily put into words.”

Foster/White Gallery has been exhibiting Graham’s work since 1981. Graham’s work is in many public and private collections in Washington and throughout the United States, including the Seattle Art Museum, the Seattle Opera House, and the Yao Cultural Center in Osaka, Japan.

Map to Lois Graham's public collections