Public Art

Multnomah County Courthouse

Portland, OR
Completed in 2021

The Evergreen State College, Olympia Washington

Washington State Arts Commission, Art in Public Places Program

Jamie Fisher, Architect; Rhinehart Metal works; Photo credit: Shawna Angelou

The Story House

The Story House is a roofless structure with open walls where the business of life extends and our stories become part of the world. In filigreed wing walls, a figure reads while a crow looks on. Guardians, would-be protectors, flank benches. A cornice mural rich with books on a magic carpet hides the secret reader. Therein find a quote, “Every story begins with a death,” the opening line from the Nancy Rawles’ novel, Love Like Gumbo and the title Tell It By Heart, from a book by storyteller Erica Helm Meade. The importance of learning from books, nature and each other are elements of human life I prize. The benches invite viewers to sit, become a part of the story and hence the artwork itself.

Barbara Earl Thomas, 2009

Electric Crow – Black Flint Wings

Sound Transit Project – Walden Triangle

Laser cut steel screen for light switching station, Walden Triangle. 33′ x 12′ at it’s highest arch point.

Location:  Martin Luther King Jr. Way South & Walden