Mary Freeman

Robert Hanson Mary Freeman

A short history of Pacific Northwest artist Robert Hanson by his sister, detailing early influences on the man and his work. It includes commentaries by wife and fellow artist Judy Cooke; by Bonnie Laing-Malcolmson, curator of Northwest art at the Portland Art Museum and a former student of Hanson's when he taught at the Pacific Northwest College of Art; by his friend and colleague Anne Johnson in an interview of the artist entitled "I want the image to blow apart: A Conversation with Robert Hanson"; and by D. K. Row of the Oregonian, among others.