Two Waterfalls from the collection of Summit County Public Art

Two Waterfalls, 1996

oil on canvas

23 x 29 in

Location: Summit County Administration Building First Floor 60 N Main St Coalville, UT 84017 (Google map)

A double-tiered waterfall cascades into a deep blue alpine lake in Jenny Madsen Adams' "Two Waterfalls." The far cliffs in the background are veiled in mist, which creeps in on either side of the lake. The luminous natures of light on the landscape, and the soft treatment of the foreground, are reminiscent of Romanticist paintings of the West. Romanticism was an artistic movement of the 1800s, which often featured idealized or enhanced landscapes of natural settings. The color palette of greens, blues, and purples is activated by the warmer hues of browns in the rocks.

Jenny grew up in Coalville in a family of eight and attended North Summit Schools. With a talented oil-painter for a mother, Jenny tried her hand at painting at the age of fourteen. She remembers her joy in creating all sorts of pictures from a blank canvas. This talented oil-painter and mother raises four children with her husband, Samuel, in Coalville.

1996 Council Award

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