Ancestor
- Title
- Ancestor
- LC Subject
- Painting Gouache painting Watercolorists Watercolor painting Human figure in art gouache (paint) painting (image-making) paintings (visual works)
- Creator
- Cave, Claudia
- Description
- A painting of a large brown-colored woman with blue hair, dressed in blue, holding a smaller human with vertical, wavy black and blue hair, attired in green clothing. Extending from the smaller human's face is a blueish ghosted face, with only the side of the face visible. In the lower right corner of the piece is a blue square with what looks like a nude female sitting, reaching upwards. Ancestor; Claudia Cave; Gouache on Paper; 41 x 33.25 inches; '92; CavC92062519 A well known Oregon artist, Claudia cave graduated with an M.F.A. in painting from the University of Idaho and A B.S. in art education from the Western Oregon State University. Her work has been exhibited at the Portland Art Museum, Seattle Art Museum, Bellevue Art Museum as well as the Alternative Museum in New York. In addition, the artist's work is included in the collections of the Metropolitan Arts Commission, Seattle, WA; Microsoft, Seattle, WA; Salem Public Library, OR; University of Oregon, Eugene, or as well as many other public and private collections. Cave's paintings have been regularly reproduced in the Clinton Street Quarterly, Portland/Seattle. (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: Mid-Valley Arts. You may view their website at: http://www.oregonlink.com/arts/index.html
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- full
- Location
- Public Service Building >> Marion County >> Oregon >> United States Marion County >> Oregon >> United States
- Street Address
- 255 Capitol St. N. E., Salem Oregon
- Award Date
- 1992
- Identifier
- 1991_salem_pub-ser-bldg_04_a01
- Accession Number
- 1991_salem_pub-ser-bldg_04_a01
- Rights
- In Copyright
- Dc Rights Holder
- Cave, Claudia
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Measurements
- 41 x 33.25 inches
- Material
- Painting gouache on paper
- Set
- Oregon Percent for Art
- Primary Set
- Oregon Percent for Art
- Relation
- 1991-1993 Salem Public Service Building 1991_salem_pub-ser-bldg
- Has Version
- slide; color
- Institution
- Oregon Arts Commission University of Oregon
- Color Space
- RGB
- Biographical Information
- Claudia Cave weaves detail and narrative style into her colorful figurative paintings on paper. With humor, the artist creates a world that cannot resist a more serious and symbolic interpretation. Using goache to illuminate her images, cave illustrates concerns that are both personal and universal. (Unknown, 1991)
