This group of images documents Lawrence Paul Kirkland's installation piece, installed at Oregon State University's School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. The symbols scattered around the atrium form a kind of puzzle which reflects the scientist's focus on the ingredients of a solution, rather than the final solution. Hanging aluminum rods represent a sound wave, as on an oscilloscope. A steel X sculpture outdoors represents a vector field. The stone pieces indoors represent the symbols E, D, B, H, Delta, a point and an equal sign. Some of the sandblasted quotes are whimsical, as in Samuel Butler's "A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg." Kirkland's favorite is from a T. S. Eliot poem: "Where is the knowledge we have lost in information? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge?" Kirkland said he is pleased with his effort in stone and the way it relates to the people who will see it. "I think that a public commission needs to be responsive to the people, to a specific audience." (1988), 5721 Utah Avenue NW, Washington DC <br>studio@larrykirkland.com, http://www.larrykirkland.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
Green columns hold up a rail with athletic figures lining the top. Multiple flags surround the building. A circle (or "O") is featured in the middle of the glass windows with a triangular roof above., http://www.greenamyer.com/, 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/
Enamel on steel wallpiece comprised of a black and red background with a white figurative design that speaks of the printing process. Images document the creation of the work as well as the finished product installed at the Salem Printing Plant., http://www.theartspiritgallery.com/html/artistresults.asp?artist=35&testing=true, 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 large, outdoor metal sculpture uniting a conglomerate of shapes supported by three irregularly shaped legs., Tom Morandi; yankee champion; psu prof schools, Tom Morandi received his B.S. in Art Education from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 1966 and his M.F.A. in Sculpture from Ohio University in 1971.He has been a Professor of Art at Oregon State University since 1989., tmorandi@comcast.net; tmorandi@oregonstate.edu, http://www.tommorandi.com/, 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/
Raised, low relief carvings on door panels that feature plants and animals which played primary roles in the rejunvenation of the Tillamook area. There are animals hiding in the panels such as a bear and cub, rough skinned newt and elk herd in the appropriate places. Also in hiding are a banana slug and snail. See if you can find them., http://www.heartwoodcarving.com/about/joev.php, The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Oregon Coast Council for the Arts. You may view their website at http://www.coastarts.org/