The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of July 13, 2026

A vertically oriented abstract offset lithograph on pale cream paper features dense, frenetic layers of marks. Thick, dark green scribbled lines form a textured field, intermingled with broad, deep blue curving bands that sweep through the composition. Scattered, irregular brown blotches and fine black hatched lines overlap the larger forms. Swathes of the underlying paper show through the saturated streaks of color and dense, textured hatching.

The Onrush of Time

1989

Kay WalkingStick

(American, Member of the Cherokee Nation/Oklahoma, b. 1935)
printer

Robert Franklin

(American, b. 1930)
publisher

Brandywine Workshop, Philadelphia, PA

America
offset lithograph, triptych
Image and Sheet: 50.6 x 20.1 cm (19 15/16 x 7 15/16 in.)
Gift of Linda and Jack Lissauer, M.D. 2023.94.b
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

Walkingstick made this image of a waterfall when she lived near the Finger Lakes in upstate New York.

Description

Cherokee artist Kay Walkingstick focuses on the American landscape and its universal metaphorical significance and spiritual energy. Her Onrush of Time triptych was made at a time of grief following her husband’s death. Focusing on the all-powerful natural force of a waterfall, the work was made to confront universal themes such as grief, rebirth and finding tranquility in nature.
  • still/emerging: Native American Works on Paper. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 1-June 7, 2026).
  • {{cite web|title=The Onrush of Time|url=false|author=Kay WalkingStick, Robert Franklin, Brandywine Workshop, Philadelphia, PA|year=1989|access-date=13 July 2026|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2023.94.b