An impressionistic rendering of a woman in a red skirt and a dark top sitting on a patio at a table under a canopy overlooking a seascape. A silhouetted figure in a hat looms in the background, confronting the viewer. Shown in context at the State Capitol., John Rock; the canopy;state capital III, 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
A color study in the spirit of Mark Rothko. Yellow occupies the upper two-thirds of the picture plane, while a light blue occupies the remaining third., Beach at Sandy Cove; Michael Dailey; Capitol, http://www.laurarusso.com/artists/dailey.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
Michael Dailey's painting, Beach at Sandy Cove, shown in context at the State Capitol., Beach at Sandy Cove; Michael Dailey; Capitol, http://www.laurarusso.com/artists/dailey.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
Lino-cut print that depicts several different animal forms and what appears to be a cage., George Johanson; southern cage scape; printing plant, 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 black and white rendering of a large woman in a sun hat with her arm slung over the back of her chair and an empty glass sitting on the table next to her., Lois #2; Bruce Goring Dean; State Capitol, 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 highly textural, black and white rendering of a blue whale. A black line through cutting through the water surrounding the whale divides the picture plane and the whale into top and bottom. The water is also rendered with a stong implication toward texture with accents of blue and gray., 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 abstract painting comprised of built-up grays and blues, with accents of pink, and two nodes of red and yellow in the top corners., 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-and-white photograph depicting a vase of flowers and a collection of personal hygeine items, including a hand mirror, scissors, and Alka-Seltzer. Two different calendars, dated 1973, are visible on the wall. One of them is labeled "Golden Dragon Restaurant.", 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-and-white portrait of Edith Nelson standing underneath a tree with her arms folded over the top of a gate or fence. Her wrinkley face and hands are contrasted by her plaid, flannel shirt and rings on nearly every finger., 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
This heavily patinaed sculptural form consists of a rectangular base that supports an inverted trapezoidal form ornamented with three unique groupings of symbols where the longer sides of the trapezoid depict different images and the shorter sides depict the same images. In this contextual view from the north side, two of the four sides are visible. The longer side depicts an eye form in the center, surrouned by a fish form, what appears to be a beaver form, and a bird form. The shorter side presents an eye form with two hands below it., The Gaurdian; Mark Sponenburgh; east and north side; Veterinary Hosp. (OSU), "To Sponenburgh, art and nature glorify one another. Their relationship has marked his sculpture over the decades, in his animals and natural phenomena - the mounds of a cumulus cloud, the arc of a wave and the frosty dignity of an owl carved from Douglas fir - that some think will be his enduring legacy." (Data provided by Abby Haight at oregonlive.com.), For an article on this artist, please view: http://blog.oregonlive.com/oregonianspecial/2007/06/a_giant_of_a_sculptor_saves_hi.html, 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, ArtCentric, at http://www.artcentric.org/