Bulltrout
- Title
- Bulltrout
- LC Subject
- Painting Acrylic painting Human figure in art painting (image-making) paintings (visual works) acrylic paintings (visual works)
- Creator
- Gray, Don
- Description
- Two subtley rendered male forms emerge as well as an axe emerge from dark blocks of layered color. Bull Trout; Don Gray; acrylic on paper; 18.25 x 31 inches; © 1985 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
- 1985
- Identifier
- 1989_wosc_dorm-vol-I_12_a01
- Item Locator
- GRA: 89-13
- Accession Number
- 1989_wosc_dorm-vol-I_12_a01
- Rights
- In Copyright
- Dc Rights Holder
- Gray, Don
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Measurements
- 18.5 x 31 inches
- Material
- Painting acrylic on heavyweight rag barrier paper
- 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
- Bulltrout is one of an ongoing series of paintings related to old family photographs. Such a strange experience, confronting ourselves in old snapshots. Our chuckle usually disguises a peculiar sense of unease. That's not me. Could that really be me? Yes, I remember trying to look manly and casual for the camera, while holding the biggest fish I'd ever caught. When I recall the glistening, fast-fading beauty of that wonderful trout's silver skin I'm still overwhelmed with contradictory emotions. And my father, years before I was born, caught almost unawares in camp at Francis Lake. His sidelong glance seems oblivious as it passes through time. How do I reconcile this image with the frail old man I see today, sitting quietly in his wheelchair? I have tried to stop reassuring myself that my paintings contain answers. I now see they are more like questions- questions posed against the complex and ultimately mysterious nature of life. To this end I have tried to let the ambiguous, the unknowable play a greater role in my art. It seems to me this more accurately reflects my experience of the world. (Gray, 1989.)
