NORTHWEST WOMEN ARTISTS : 1880 — 2010
ID#:
2010.0053.000058
Description:
Barbara Earl Thomas
Born 1948
My House in Flames, My House in Flood, 1990
Tempera on paper
31 1/2 x 31 1/4 inches
Gift of Safeco Insurance, a member of the Liberty Mutual Group, and Washington Art Consortium

Biblical overtones are present in the artworks of Barbara Earl Thomas, which often reflect her personal history. In My House in Flames, My House in Flood, a home is consumed by the forces of nature. It was painted by Thomas not long after the tragic deaths of her parents who drowned while fishing in 1988.
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