Flamboyant colors and patterns as well as human silhouettes converge toward the center of this painting., Jack McLarty; tracking; state capital v II, Jack McLarty has lived most of his life in Portland, Oregon. His family moved to Portland from Seattle in 1921. After attending the Museum Art School, he left Portland in 1940 to study at the American Artists School in New York. At the end of two years, McLarty decided New York did not suit him as a permanent home and returned to Portland. By 1945 he had reconnected with the Museum Art School accepting a teaching fellowship in lithography. He joined the regular faculty in 1947. McLarty and his wife, Barbara, opened the Image Gallery in 1961. (online biography obtained from Preservation of Oregon's Artistic Heritage–A Production of the Salem Art Association.) Other biography information available at http://www.pnca.edu/exposure/stories/139/jack-mclarty-40, http://www.poahonline.org/bio_mclarty.html <br>http://www.pnca.edu/exposure/stories/139/jack-mclarty-40, 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
A black square's edges are defined by a collection of teapots and other vessels, except the left-hand edge, which is occupied by a seashell. A silver baton rests atop a vessel on the bottom right., Big Square; Watercolor; 1989; 17 x 17 inches, http://pnca.edu/programs/bfa/faculty.php, http://www.froelickgallery.com/Artist-Detail.cfm?ArtistsID=248, The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Regional Arts & Culture. You may view their website at http://www.racc.org/
A landscape rendered in a blusih-gray scale that is flanked by blocks of gold-leafing., Burch's Field; 23x40 inches, Kay French grew up in the Midwest which perhaps explains her fascination with storms and flat land. She moved to Portland in 1977. Kay has a degree in art history from Kent State University and a degree in painting from the Pacific Northwest College of Art. Her work has been exhibited in various shows in regional galleries and museums. She was awarded a WESTAF/NEA Regional Fellowship for Visual Artists in Painting in 1994. She has also been represented by the Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery in Portland, OR. (Oregon Arts Commission), http://pulliamdeffenbaugh.com/Artist-Detail.cfm?ArtistsID=162, The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Regional Arts & Culture. You may view their website at http://www.racc.org/
An oil painting of a man placed in what appears to be a tropical setting, playing a gold colored flute. Only his hands and head are visible. Surrounding the figure are large green leaves with two red cardinals sitting in the tree., http://www.maryjosephson.com/, The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Linn-Benton Arts. You may view their website at: http://www.artcentric.org/
Several black shapes on a variegated white background. This is one of two views of this artwork. Variations between duplicate images relate directly to original source materials., Oil on canvas; 60 x 48 inches, The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Regional Arts & Culture. You may view their website at http://www.racc.org/
An acrylic painting featuring two spiraled round forms, mixing together in the middle of the piece., Lucinda Parker received her M.F.A. from the Pratt Institute in New York in 1968 and started work as a professor at the Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland in 1974. Her work has been exhibited in numerous one-person shows throughout the west as well as several exhibitions nationally, including the David Findly Gallery and Sue Ellen Haber Gallery in New York, the Seattle Art Museum, the Corcoran Gallery in D.C., and the First Western States Biennial, that traveled to San Francisco, Denver, and Washington D.C. Lucinda Parker's public commissions can be seen in Portland: "Riversong" for the Oregon Convention Center, "Talking Leaves" for the Multnomah Co. Midland Library, and "City Rose & Rose City" for the renovated Portland City Hall. The Portland Art Museum honored her with a mid-career retrospective in 1995.<br>http://www.pnca.edu/exposure/stories/18/embodying-exuberance, http://www.laurarusso.com/artists/parker.html, The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Regional Arts & Culture. You may view their website at http://www.racc.org/
A geometric composition that utilizes thick brush strokes to create wavy lines and texture in the surface of the paint. This piece is rendered in blue, purple, green, red, pink, orange, and yellow. Predominant shapes include triangles, rectangles, and a circle., James B Thompson; 1992; A mystery desired and sought; VI, (1996) James Thompson was born in Chicago, Il. He attended Ripon College, receiving a BA in Art/Art History and MFA from Washington University, School of Fine Arts, St. Louis, MO. He taught at Ripon College, University of Alaska and has been a Professor of, jthompso@willamette.edu, http://www.willamette.edu/cla/art/faculty/thompson/, 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
The silhouettes of two coniferous trees stand in the foreground of this slightly abstracted landscape piece that depicts choppy water meeting a shore with spotty, green vegetation., http://ghc.ctc.edu/library/archives/2007Winter/shullstatement.htm, 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
A still life acrylic painting from an aerial view. Three tea kettles and two bowls encircle a glass vase with orange flowers, green stems, and yellow buds protruding out of the vase. The whole still life is laid out on a white sheet., Cobra Tea set; 1996; oil on canvas; (24 x 36 inches), 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), http://www.sherriewolfstudio.com/, The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Linn-Benton Arts
A watercolor painting of a winter landscape. There is a stream present in the painting. Trees, rocks and plant life are in the background. The bushes and trees are all dark brown, providing contrast with the white snow., George Hamilton; Winter Stream; justice, 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