Kampher’s Lot
- Title
- Kampher’s Lot
- LC Subject
- Painting Acrylic painting painting (image-making) paintings (visual works) acrylic paintings (visual works)
- Creator
- Grumm, Tyson, 1972-
- Description
- Muted pastel tones comprise this urban landscape piece that depicts a group of shurbs against what appears to be a concrete wall. The foreground presents a sidewalk with a small tree growing from an enclosed circle. The sky is a light, grayish-blue, and it hints at the silhouettes of power lines. 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_25_a01
- Accession Number
- 1995_osu_valley-library_25_a01
- Rights
- In Copyright
- Dc Rights Holder
- Grumm, Tyson
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Material
- Painting; acrylic on paper
- 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
- Note
- To view a map of the artwork location in context to Oregon State University, see http://oregonstate.edu/cw_tools/campusmap/locations.php
- Color Space
- RGB
- Biographical Information
- These paintings all form from images and objects that attract me. Once that spark has been made, the painting flows and culminates into its own world. Very few paintings are pre-planned compositions and are therefore complicated for me to explain in detail. The painting is finished when it forms itself through transitions in color, mood and texture. I want to say it is finished when the painting matches the images in my head, but I believe it is more of a feeling I get from the piece than a replica of a preconceived composition. When it is complete, it is an environment that I would love to see in real life. The objects which sparked the inspiration are often together in a space where it seems quirky or odd. I don't dispute that, and see it upon completion much like you do. As a result, the paintings seem to form their own dialogue and history to validate why such a scene is taking place. I love this part and I form my own explanations for these odd scenes. Because viewers have their own story for each painting, it begins to seem that I did not create it, but took a picture of something I saw and was merely a witness to the scene.
