Symbiosis 1& 2

Title: Symbiosis 1& 2
LC Subject: Painting Diptychs Art, Abstract painting (image-making) paintings (visual works) mixed media
Creator: Anderson, Thomas
Description: This pair of paintings is united by elements of line, color, and design. They share a light yellow background that, in both paintings, supports bold black shapes and thin, energetic black lines. The piece on the left contains a large, black "C" with a bright yellow halo in the middle that is flanked on the top by a thick, horizontal black line with a blue halo and on the bottom by a horizontal row of black dots. Another shorter thick, vertical black line with a pink halo occupies the lower right hand corner. The piece on the right contains four thick, vertical black lines. The fattest of the four sits on the left side of the painting. Two slightly skinnier ones sit side by side toward the right. The skinniest one sits even farther to the right, and it is broken up by swatches of gray. Above the the vertical lines on the right, in the upper right corner, sits a grid of nine black dots. Linear washes of orange and green create contrast with the painting on the left while a small square of pink in the painting on the right unifies them. Symbiosis 1& 2; (29 x 35.5 x .5 ea.); 8-96; dry pigment, enamel, gold leaf, varnish on aluminum Tom Anderson was born in 1951 in Salt Lake City, the son of a jazz musician. By the time the family settled in Vancouver, Washington, Anderson's formative years has been shaped by syncopated rhythm and life on the road (39 states by the age of four). He earned an Associate of Arts degree from Clark College in 1971. part of his education included three months of travel in Europe, where he studied firsthand the works of the great masters. In the autumn of 1971, he enrolled at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington. There, in addition to his Asian art and Philosophy studies, Anderson made some meaningful contributions to the first years of the experimental college's development. He initiated the use of the 16mm animation facilities, helped to establish the FM Radio station KAOS, co-created the four-story library mural, and worked as an assistant graphic designer, developing the College's catalogs and visual identities. He graduated in 1973 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. That same year, Anderson co-founded Mansion Glass Studios in Olympia. This collaboration won recognition locally and nationally for their design and fabrication of Architectural Art Glass commissions, as well as for their restoration projects. Anderson first attended the highly esteemed Pilchuck Glass School in 1986, as a teaching assistant to Henry Halem. He returned in 1987, on a scholarship with Susan Stinsmuhlen-Amend, and again in 1988 and 1989 as a teaching assistant in the advanced graduate program, specializing on glass casting and enamel kiln firing. In 1990, Anderson established his own studio in Olympia. Over the past eight years he has continued his work painting, metal fabrication, mixed media constructions, and printmaking. He is represented by galleries in Oregon, Washington, Florida, New Mexico, and California. In addition to commissions, Anderson exhibits regularly and his work can be found in over 400 public and private collections including the Oregon Arts Commission, the Washington State Arts Commission, Delta Airlines, the city of Olympia, Hewlett Packard, and US Bank. (Uknown, 1995) artist402@comcast.net 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/
Location: The Valley Library >> Benton County >> Oregon >> United States Benton County >> Oregon >> United States
Street Address: 121 The Valley Library, Corvallis Oregon
Date: 1975/2012
Identifier: 1995_osu_valley-library_03_b01
Accession Number: 1995_osu_valley-library_03_b01
Rights: In Copyright
Dc Rights Holder: Anderson, Thomas
Type: Image
Format: image/tiff
Measurements: 29 x 35.5 x 1.5 inches each (diptych)
Material: Painting; Mixed media; mixed media on aluminum
Set: Oregon Percent for Art
Primary Set: Oregon Percent for Art
Relation: 1995 - 1997 Biiennium Valley Library Oregon State University, Corvallis Oregon 1995_osu_valley-library
Has Version: slide; color
Institution: Oregon Arts Commission University of Oregon
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Color Space: RGB
Biographical Information: I am usually not thinking so much about a finished work, but am inspired, accepting and mystified by the process of creating it. What inspires me is the outcome of materials at hand and their relationship to each other. Also the willingness to be spontaneous and compulsion to make something that expresses my own life's experience as well as reflect to the viewer the dynamics and emotion of their spirit. I choose materials that in combination create a surface of texture, color, and depth. Aluminum and copper are my canvas. The use of various chemicals, enamels, pastels and anything that makes a mark or adds atmosphere are my primary "tools of the trade." The rest is trusting my intuition, having faith in the possibilities, and a knowingness of when to quit. (Anderson, 1995)