Light Wedge
- Title
- Light Wedge
- LC Subject
- Drawing Pencil drawing Rocks drawing (image-making) drawings (visual works) graphite (mineral)
- Creator
- Caprario, Kathleen
- Description
- A very realistic drawing of two rock forms, one showing a round rock, and the other a slim wedge which leans on the rounder rock. Both of the rocks have shadows pointing to the lower right corner of the piece on which they are sitting, which is a round flat platform. The rock shadows indicate that the left corner of the piece is the location of the light source. Ebony pencil; o/rag paper; 30x22 inches; 1985-86; Light Wedge; justice bldg Salem; K. Caprario caprariok@lanecc.edu The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Mid-Valley Arts. You may view their website at: http://www.oregonlink.com/arts/index.html
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- full
- Location
- Oregon Court of Appeals >> Marion County >> Oregon >> United States Marion County >> Oregon >> United States
- Street Address
- 1163 State Street, Salem Oregon
- Award Date
- 1985
- Identifier
- 1988_salem_justice-bldg_02_a01
- Accession Number
- 1988_salem_justice-bldg_02_a01
- Rights
- In Copyright
- Dc Rights Holder
- Caprario, Kathleen
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Measurements
- 30 x 22 inches
- Material
- Drawing; ebony pencil on rag paper
- Set
- Oregon Percent for Art
- Primary Set
- Oregon Percent for Art
- Relation
- 1988 Salem Court of Appeals (Justice Center) 1988_salem_justice-bldg
- Has Version
- slide; color
- Institution
- Oregon Arts Commission University of Oregon
- Color Space
- RGB
- Biographical Information
- The media used in my drawing, "Light Wedge," is ebony pencil on rag paper. The layering and building up of the lead produces variations in color and light that I find intriguing. The series, of which "Light Wedge" is a part, comes from a combination of actual observation from trips to Eastern Oregon, NE Wyoming, and the Meteora, Greece, and also an interest in the drama of nature in ancient mythology. The imagery present in all of my work is of a symbolic nature and reflects an involvement with landscape. The permanence and rugged beauty that I find in the rock and mountain forms that I work with show me something that transcends the precariousness of life. (Caprario, 1988) The leafed area surrounding the central drawing or painting is an integral part of each artwork and provides a separation between the interior image and the outside world in much the same way as medieval artists used gold leaf as "light materialized." I have an eclectic interest in design and have been influenced by the repetitive structures and motifs of Italian Renaissance decorative arts, Native American art, and Byzantine mosaics. (artist bio from http://artistsregister.com, viewed 02-21-07)
