Armchair Journeys

Title
Armchair Journeys
LC Subject
Painting Acrylic painting Painting, Abstract painting (image-making) paintings (visual works) acrylic paintings (visual works)
Creator
Gray, Don
Description
Five distinct but integrated sections comprise this painting that presents different views of what appear to be moonscapes or otherwise otherworldly terrain. Armchair Journeys; Don Gray; acrylic on board- 3 panels; 41 and 1/2 x 89 and 9/16 inches overall; Dept. of Transportation, La Grande; © 1989 The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Eastern Oregon Regional Arts. You may view their website at http://www.artseast.org/
Location
Department of Motor Vehicles La Grande >> Union County >> Oregon >> United States Union County >> Oregon >> United States
Street Address
3014 Island Avenue La Grande, Oregon
Date
1975/2012
Identifier
1990_dot-la-grande_02_a01
Item Locator
GRA: 90-4
Accession Number
1990_dot-la-grande_02_a01
Rights
In Copyright
Dc Rights Holder
Gray, Don
Type
Image
Format
image/tiff
Measurements
41 1/2 x 89 9/16 inches
Material
Painting acrylic on pressed hardboard panels; ground coat of acrylic gesso.
Set
Oregon Percent for Art
Primary Set
Oregon Percent for Art
Relation
1990 Department of Transportation La Grande Oregon 1990_dot-la-grande
Has Version
slide; Kodachrome (TM)
Institution
Oregon Arts Commission University of Oregon
Color Space
RGB
Biographical Information
I often think of how differently we must perceive our world, compared to people of times past. In this age of instant verbal and visual communication we are literally, almost physically, in touch with places only dreamed of before. Armchair Journeys uses imagery evoking lunar and martian environments. While painting it I thought of how much we all ""travel"" these days, whether we leave our living rooms or not. (Gray, 1990)