The Bouquet
- Title
- The Bouquet
- LC Subject
- Prints Print makers Etching Chine collé Flowers in art Circus performers Ships printmaking etchings (prints)
- Creator
- Funkhouser, Sheryl
- Description
- What appears to be a floral still life comes to life with the activity of a number of small figures and a ship disguised among the flowers. Red, orange, yellow, and green add color to the otherwise black-and-white composition. The Boquet; S. Funkhouser; 24 x 18 inches 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
- Award Date
- 1988
- Identifier
- 1989_wosc_dorm-vol-I_11_a01
- Item Locator
- FUN: 89-17
- Accession Number
- 1989_wosc_dorm-vol-I_11_a01
- Rights
- In Copyright
- Dc Rights Holder
- Funkhouser, Sheryl
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Measurements
- 24 x 18 inches
- Material
- Printmaking etching with chine colle
- Set
- Oregon Percent for Art
- Primary Set
- Oregon Percent for Art
- Relation
- 1989 WOSC (Western Oregon University) Dormitory, Vol. 1 (A-H) 1989_wosc_dorm-vol-I
- 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 lobby
- Color Space
- RGB
- Biographical Information
- The inspiration for this print is Jacques Callot, the French printmaker of the 1600's who went to Italy and etched portraits of the Italian actors and their large theatrical productions, among other things. The bouquet is a thank you to him and the incredible gift his etchings are to printmakers and any student of history. Standing in the center of the bouquet is one of Callot's favorite actors in a bow of gratitude and mischievousness. Other actors dance or perform on the leaves and table along with a Greek musician, a juggler, and a skin diver while a ship moves through the water above near a flower whose petals look like waves. In my prints I have continued to explore creation of an atmosphere which combines air, water, and land. Much of the imagery floats through this atmosphere on missions of their own, but each print has an overall theme which loosely ties them together. My goal is to combine many images or elements which provide new and different interpretations for each viewer or each viewing. This way I hope the print remains fresh and that the viewer will always have something new to discover. I believe my work could loosely be described as surrealistic. (Funkhouser, 1989.)
