An abstract acylic painting utilizing various brush strokes in multiple colors, mostly warm toned colors, with cool colors near the bottom of the piece. The only defined object seems to be a blue teacup with a handle on top of a black abstract object., Barbara Black; acrylic on canvas; 30x30 inches; ritual vessel with instructions, I am drawn to painting to try to make discoveries about the reconcilliation of opposities on a variety of levels: representation and abstraction; light and dark; matter and spirit, etc. At present elements such as vessels, cloth, water, islands interest me for their metaphorical possibilities when placed in a context of a more abstract expressionist emphasis of surface, color and gesture. My works frequently contain a rather precisely painted image (still life or landscape) placed in surroundings that become more abstract, as if the images had coalesced out of the matrix of color and brushwork. This juxtaposition calls attention to the way in which the brushstrokes, so full of their own identity and movement in the more abstract passages, can cohere and combine to call up an image or specific presensce, creating a precarious balance between these two functions of the paint. (Black, 1987), 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 visit their website at: http://www.oregonlink.com/arts/index.html
A nearly profile portrait of a young woman with short, dark hair wearing a short-sleeved, light yellow, plaid button front shirt. The woman slouches on her right forearm while her left arm supports her head, and she gazes to the left of picture plane. Variations between duplicate images directly relate to original source materials., Watercolor on paper; 27 x 29 inches; 1980 color, http://www.froelickgallery.com/Artist-Detail.cfm?ArtistsID=221, 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 green background supports compartmentalized forms rendered in black, white, blue, and yellow., George Johanson; cat's moon dancer; state capital v II, George Johanson attended and taught at the Museum Art School in Portland, Oregon. He divides his time between painting and printmaking. In 1992, he received the Governor's Award for the Arts. (Data provided at http://www.kpchr.org/public/sawardart/apps/Johanson.htm. Reviewed on 04/07/07., http://www.kpchr.org/public/sawardart/apps/Johanson.htm; http://www.hareinthegate.com/portfolio_pages/equivalents.html, 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 beach scene rendered mostly in blue monochrome, save for a strip of light brown sand., Shirley Gittelsohn; Vanishing View; Revenue, 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 crowded city street depicted in bright, primary colors. Several human faces emerge from the foreground., City Streets #6; oil; 48 x 72 inches, http://www.gottliebgallery.com/artists/coe.htm, The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is Lane Arts. You may view their website at http://www.lanearts.org
A scene painting depicting net-fishing techniques at a site that resembles places along the Columbia River Gorge around the turn of the 19th century. Title indicates that the location may be Celilo Falls., Ed Quigley; celilo falls; capital, http://www.ochcom.org/quigley, 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
An impressionistic landscape piece that presents scrub brush in the foreground, coniferous trees in the middleground, and green mountains topped with a blue sky and white clouds in the background., Albert Rundquist; portland; oregon landscape; state capital vol III, http://www.laurarusso.com/artists/bio/bio_runquist_ac.html, 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
An acrylic emulsion of a blue lake blocked by black slender twigs and branches., Hugh Webb; Savvie Island Sturgeon Lake; 22x30 inches; 1994; acrylic over gold leaf on paper, 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/