Whiff of Spring

Title: Whiff of Spring
LC Subject: Painting Birds Birds in art Roses oil painting (technique) oil paintings (visual works) painting (image-making) paintings (visual works)
Creator: Duryea, Suzanne, 1947-
Description: An oil painting of a blue bird sitting on a brown branch with four red berries on it's left and two leaves on it's right. Below the bird is a very large orange/brown rose. The edges of the painting has orange/brown brushstrokes along each side. Suzanne Duryea; 1989; A Whiff of Spring; oil on paper 27x22 inches; ohsu movable "Born in Detroit, Michigan, Suzanne Duryea graduated in art history from Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois and continued to study painting at the University of California, Berkeley and Portland State University. Duryea has had one-person exhibitions at the Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle; Renshaw Gallery, Linfield College; Mayer Gallery, Marylhurst College as well several exhibitions at the Fountain Gallery, Portland. The artist has also been included in group exhibitions such as: The Oregon Biennial, Portland Art Museum; "Northwest '87", Seattle Art Museum and most recently the traveling exhibition, "Northhwest X Southwest: Painted Fictions" curated by the Palm Springs Deesert Museum. Suzanne Duryea has become known to Northwest art viewers for her rich oil paintings of animated objects personified in a narrative atmosphere of glowing color. Romantic yet humorous, these paintings emphasize a vigorous nature that is immortalized in pain, creating a symbolic tone. The glossy surfaces of the paintings on paper (22" x 30") become more textural on canvas as the actual working surface expands (7' x 5'). (Unknown, 1991) The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Regional Arts & Culture. You may view their website at http://www.racc.org/
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Location: Oregon Health and Science University Hospital >> Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States
Street Address: (main campus) 3181 S. W. Sam Jackson Road, Portland Oregon
Award Date: 1989
Identifier: 1991_ohsu_movable-col_07_a01
Item Locator: DUR: 91-8
Accession Number: 1991_ohsu_movable-col_07_a01
Rights: In Copyright
Dc Rights Holder: Duryea, Suzanne, 1947-
Type: Image
Format: image/tiff
Measurements: 26.5 x 22.5 inches
Material: Painting oil on paper
Set: Oregon Percent for Art
Primary Set: Oregon Percent for Art
Relation: 1991 Oregon Health Sciences University, University Hospital South Expansion Movable Collection. Portland Oregon 1991_ohsu_movable-col
Has Version: slide; color
Institution: Oregon Arts Commission University of Oregon
Note: In 1991, the University hospital was undergoing an expansion of its C-Wing; simultaneously three new neighborhood health clinics were nearing completion in Portland. Public art purchases for these projects were made possible by Oregon's Percent for Art program. <br>In 1996, "University Hospital" was renamed Oregon Health Sciences University Hospital. <br>For a map of OHSU's Marquam Campus, see http://www.ohsu.edu/about/campusmap.pdf
Color Space: RGB