Untitled [Road to Beadedto]

• Title Untitled [Road to Beadedto]
• Category Painting
• Medium Watercolor
• Art Themes Landscape, Pacific Northwest (subject or artist)
• Dimensions 13.75"h x 20.75"w
• Framed Dimensions 24"h x 30.5"w
• Year Completed undated
• Description Road to Beadedto.
• Notes Sydney K. Eaton dabbled in various art forms, from painting to sculpture to printmaking. Eaton was born in Bellingham, Washington. He earned a Bachelor of Arts from Whitworth University in1941 and is notorious for being one of the pranksters behind the “Whitworth Rock Hoax.” This title refers to the discovery of a curiously inscribed rock in the excavations for the foundations of the Jay P. Graves Gymnasium. Written on the rock was the date 1703 and inscriptions that generated great attention which in turn generated a plan to have the rock sent to the Smithsonian. As attention to this potentially history changing rock grew, Sydney Eaton and two other students came forward to confess what they had done. After his time at Whitworth, Eaton was stationed in the North and South Pacific islands during World War 2 as the military believed his music experience would make him adept with foreign languages and communication. During his time on these islands, particularly on Papua New Guinea, he became interested in indigenous art. Back in Washington State in 1955, Eaton earned his Master of Arts degree from Washington State University only a year after he founded the art department at Skagit Valley College.
• Artist Sydney K. Eaton American Class of 1941 1919-1996
• Location Schumacher Front Reception
• Accession Number 0000.0017
• Status Checked Out
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