Bob Smith

Title: Bob Smith
LC Subject: Animals in art Human figure in art Boats and boating Print makers Prints printmaking wood blocks (printing blocks) woodcut (process)
Creator: Bulwinkle, Mark, 1946-
Description: A black and white print featuring hideously whimsical creatures. In this print, there is a boat sailing in wavy water in front of a sharply forested hill. A fish bites the front of the boat. There is some sort of shirtless male figure with glasses atop his bulbous, large nose sitting in the back of the boat holding onto what may be the boat motor. One of his hairy legs hangs over the side. In the front of the boat is a seemingly petrified dog with his mouth widely opened and tongue sticking out. Your imagination is the best description of this piece. Bob Smith; woodblock print; 11.25 x 17.5 inches; 1981-85 A welder by trade with a master's degree in printmaking from the San Francisco Art Institute, Bulwinkle tickles us with his outrageous characters. Dogs and cats, suns and moons, birds, boats, worms, fish, people come to life in the most zany of situations. (OAC documentation, 1990) markbul@sonic.net 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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Location: Department of State Lands >> Marion County >> Oregon >> United States Marion County >> Oregon >> United States
Street Address: 775 Summer St. N.E., Salem Oregon
Date: 1975/2012
Identifier: 1990_salem_state-lands-bldg_02_c01
Item Locator: BUL: 90-4
Accession Number: 1990_salem_state-lands-bldg_02_c01
Rights: In Copyright
Dc Rights Holder: Bulwinkle, Mark
Type: Image
Format: image/tiff
Measurements: 11.25 x 17.5 inches
Material: Printmaking Woodblock print The woodcut is the earliest of the printmaking techniques. Developed in Asia, it was introduced to the West in the early decades of the fifteenth century. Woodcuts are relief prints and take advantage of the grain of the wood into which the image is cut. Ink is applied by rolling or daubing on to the raised areas and the paper applied to the wet surface. The paper is then pressed against the block and the ink is transferred to the paper. Since the print is the reverse image of the block, the image must be conceived in reverse. (OAC documentation)
Set: Oregon Percent for Art
Primary Set: Oregon Percent for Art
Relation: 1990 State Lands Building Salem Oregon 1990_salem_state-lands-bldg
Has Version: slide; color
Institution: Oregon Arts Commission University of Oregon
Color Space: RGB