Mesquite

Title: Mesquite
LC Subject: Drawing Watercolor painting Desert plants Desert soils mixed media drawing (image-making) freehand drawings (drawings)
Creator: Miller, Arthur
Description: A limited view of what appears to be a desert landscape. Large, reddish-orange rocks frame a small snippet of overcast sky in the upper left corner. Moving into the picture plane from the bottom right are the black, scraggly branches of some sort of bushlike vegetation. Mesquite; Arthur Miller; mixed media; 21 x 27 inches; 1988 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
Award Date: 1988
Identifier: 1990_dot-la-grande_05_a01
Item Locator: MIL: 90-7
Accession Number: 1990_dot-la-grande_05_a01
Rights: In Copyright
Dc Rights Holder: Miller, Arthur
Type: Image
Format: image/tiff
Measurements: 21 x 27 inches
Material: Mixed media; Drawing; Painting; colored pencil; watercolor on paper
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: Mesquite is part of a desert study series that provided a shift from the influence of my familiar environment. I was interested in the design of nature, revealed both in the sculptural rock forms (varying from angular geometric shapes to bulbous round combinations), and the closely related warm earth tones. I maintained a close perspective, emphasizing structural grouping. The media was a mix of watercolor and colored pencil applied to paper. (Miller, 1990)