Spring Chinook

Title: Spring Chinook
LC Subject: Print makers Prints--Technique Prints Linoleum block-printing linoleum-block printing printmaking
Creator: Cunningham, Dennis, 1949-
Description: A black and white print featuring a vortex of fish and lobsters. In the upper right corner is a rectangle filled with a silhouette landscape of trees and dwellings. Below that is a clock with the hands set to 3:00 o'clock. Below the clock is a bare-footed female figure wearing a dress; she is holding some sort of blanket. The left bottom corner is a box containing a man who is holding a fish by the mouth in each hand. Spring Chinook; 42 x 40 inches; linoleum block print; 1989 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
Award Date: 1989
Identifier: 1990_salem_state-lands-bldg_04_b01
Accession Number: 1990_salem_state-lands-bldg_04_b01
Rights: In Copyright
Dc Rights Holder: Cunningham, Dennis
Type: Image
Format: image/tiff
Measurements: 40 x 42 inches
Material: Printmaking linoleum block print Linocut as an art form became available for use in the early part of the 20th Century. A relief printing process, linocut built on the earlier use of the woodcut. The areas which in the final image will be blank are cut away leaving raised areas in the linoleum. Ink is rolled or daubed over the raised areas, a sheet of paper is placed on top. Pressure is applied to the linocut and paper thereby adhering the ink to the paper surface. The mirror image is then transferred to the paper. Unlike the woodcut the artist does not have to be concerned with the wood grain in the final image. (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
Note: This same piece appears to be listed as a part of the collection at Western Oregon University (award date, 1989).
Color Space: RGB
Biographical Information: My use of multiple images is an attempt to visually describe the character of real experience. Like memories, the images are layered and juxtaposed. Together they give a more complete impression of experience than a single image can provide. (Cunningham, 1990)