This abstract piece consists of two separate paintings whose geometric subject matter converges when placed together. The painting on the left occupies a vertically oriented, rectangular canvas, while the one on the right occupies a horizontally oriented, rectangular canvas. They are presented flush together. The warm color palette on the left offsets the black and gray tones used on the right. Thin accent lines in bright colors connect the two., Desperate Doubles; S.T. Sonniksen; 79 x 55 inches; 1982; acrylic on canvas, http://www.alysiaducklergallery.com/Artist-Detail.cfm?ArtistsID=388, 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 painting featuring three human figures set against a hand-made brown background with lines of color., Dialogue; [no.] 2; 1993, Angelita Surmon is an Oregon artist who received her B.S. in 1972 and her BFA in 1977, from Oregon State University. She has continued her education at Vermont Studio School, the Sitka Center, and in Papua, New Guinea. (Oregon Arts Commission, 1995), http://www.angelitasurmon.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/
An impressionistic view of a lighthouse rendered mostly in shades of gray and blue and accented with browns., John Rock (1919–1993) taught art at Oregon State University from 1957 to 1989 and was widely regarded as a master printmaker., 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
Flourescent pink, blue, green, yellow, and orange create a backdrop for five large butterfly forms whose wings display geometric patterning and mosaic inlay., 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 highly ornate and complex painting that combines color and pattern to construct narrative meaning.Variations between duplicate images directly relate to original source materials., Mixed media on paper; 32 x 24 inches, Jack Portland graduated from the Pacific Northwest College of Art in 1971 and has worked in a variety of media, most recently fresco. His interest in fresco comes from frequent trips to Italy and a summer fresco project he worked on at the Academic Caerit, http://www.laurarusso.com/artists/portland.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 mostly green background supports three irregularly shaped black objects that are stacked one on top of the other in the center of this piece. Additional irregular shapes in blues and oranges float around the three main shapes along with several squiggly lines. The number two occupies the left-hand side of the picture plane in dark green.Variations between duplicate images directly relate to original source materials., Oil on canvas; 72 x 48 inches, http://www.blackfish.com/Artist-Detail.cfm?ArtistsID=24, 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 long beige hat-shaped piece of wood with an orange rectangle on the right side, with an open book in the middle. The right side of the orange rectangle is a shape painted in black., Judy Cooke; Hawthorne/Book; 1994; Alkyd, wax, oil, wood; 10x31x2 inches; Elizabeth Leach Gallery; 207 S.W. Pine Street Portland Oregon 97204; 503-224-0521, http://www.elizabethleach.com/Artist-Detail.cfm?ArtistsID=21, 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
Item from a collection of University of Oregon faculty, students, buildings, organizations, and events. In front of a large, flowering plant, a small group of people have gathered to create art. A few of the people in the imge have easels.