Calla Lillies 1

Title: Calla Lillies 1
LC Subject: Prints Print makers Etching Aquatint Flower arrangement Flowers in art printmaking etchings (prints) aquatints (prints)
Creator: Wolf, Sherrie
Description: A still-life depicting a shiny black vase holding three calla lillies and red trimmery. Variously black-and-white patterned material surrounds the vase in piles. Calla Lillies #1; S. Wolf; etching; 22.5 x 24 inches; $500 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: Mid-Valley Arts. You may view their website at: http://www.oregonlink.com/arts/index.html
Location: Western Oregon University >> Polk County >> Oregon >> United States Polk County >> Oregon >> United States
Street Address: 345 N. Monmouth Ave., Monmouth Oregon
Date: 1975/2012
Identifier: 1989_wosc_dorm_17_a01
Item Locator: WOL:89-34
Accession Number: 1989_wosc_dorm_17_a01
Rights: In Copyright
Dc Rights Holder: Wolf, Sherrie
Type: Image
Format: image/tiff
Measurements: 34 3/4 x 34 inches
Material: Printmaking etch/aquatint, multiple colorplate method. Printed on rag paper
Set: Oregon Percent for Art
Primary Set: Oregon Percent for Art
Relation: 1989 Western Oregon State College dormitory (I-Z) 1989_wosc_dorm
Has Version: slide; color
Institution: Oregon Arts Commission University of Oregon
Note: This artwork was awarded in 1989 to Western Oregon State College (WOSC). WOSC became Western Oregon University in 1997. For a map of the campus, see http://www.wou.edu/wou/maps/ second floor lounge
Color Space: RGB
Biographical Information: This etching was produced by me as part of a series of prints, based on floral arrangements and black predominantly. In this series I am exploring the dramatic spaces created by clack and extreme light and dark patterns of fabric and light. (Wolf, 1989)