Bounty

Title: Bounty
LC Subject: Painting Still-life painting Flowers Flowers in art Fruit Fruit in art Tableware painting (image-making) paintings (visual works) oil paintings (visual works)
Creator: Wolf, Sherrie
Description: (Right-Center Detail) A view from above of what appears to be a table scene with linens and various dishes and foods and flowers. Bounty; 4 feet x 28 inches; oil on canvas; detail A native of Portland, OR, Sherrie Wolf received her BFA in 1974 from Pacific Northwest College of Art in printmaking and then furthered her studies at the Chelsea College of Art in London where she received her MA degree. During her time at PNCA she studied etching and worked in this medium through the 80's. She had a brief tenure of teaching at PNCA through 1986. Since the late 80"s, the focus of Sherrie Wolf's art has been painting and drawing. Many local and national corporations as well as many private collectors have collected her rich, elegant superrealistic works on canvas and paper. (Oregon Arts Commission, 1995) The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Linn-Benton Arts. You may view their website at: http://www.artcentric.org/
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Location: Memorial Union >> Benton County >> Oregon >> United States Benton County >> Oregon >> United States
Street Address: 2501 S. W. Jefferson Way, Corvallis Oregon
Date: 1975/2012
Identifier: 1996_osu-mem-union_01_a04
Accession Number: 1996_osu-mem-union_01_a04
Rights: In Copyright
Dc Rights Holder: Wolf, Sherrie
Type: Text
Format: image/tiff
Measurements: 4 feet x 28 inches
Material: Painting Oil on Canvas
Set: Oregon Percent for Art
Primary Set: Oregon Percent for Art
Relation: 1996 Oregon State University Memorial Union, Corvallis Oregon 1996_osu-mem-union
Has Version: slide; color
Institution: Oregon Arts Commission University of Oregon
Note: To view a map of the artwork location in context to Oregon State University, see http://oregonstate.edu/cw_tools/campusmap/?BN=Memorial+Union
Color Space: RGB
Biographical Information: In Dutch still life work of the 17th century, there is a tradition of painting the banquet table. These images represent abundance and beauty and a feast for the eyes, as well as the palate. My first visit to the Memorial Union building convinced me that the space would benefit from a contemporary expression of this abundance and restful beauty. Unlike many intimate still life works, this painting is intended to read well from a long distance as well as close up. The dining room of the Memorial Union is large, but people will pass directly beneath the wall where the painting is mounted. To meet this challenge, I have organized the composition in large areas of contrasting drapery, which may be read as abstract shapes from a distance. The still life objects standing on the drapery are scaled at approximately twice life size, and the detail is intended to invite the viewer to inspect closely, and to stroll from one side to the other. Close up, the design is an ensemble of more intimate still life arrangements that interact and blend into each other without boundaries. (excerpt taken from Wolf's artist statement, 1996)