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
An acrylic painting of Fernridge Lake, located at the outskirts of Eugene, Oregon, showing a white lake with bits of light blue surrounded by green landscape. There are surrounding hills in the background, and trees and other plant life in the foreground., Markley C Clarke; Fernridge Lake; 30x40 inches; acrylic; dot materials lab, Clarke has been recording his gentle impressions of Willamette Valley vistas for several years. This work was painted the summer of 1987 at Fernridge Lake about eight miles west of Eugene. It was painted from a park at the west end of the lake looking across the lake toward the hills around the city of Eugene. (Oregon Arts Commission, 1987), http://zeekgallery.com/exhibits/clarke.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 geometric abstraction done in monochromatic blue. A piece used in the work was caked with clay and found around an abandoned mine near Juneau, Alaska., N. Cushwa Blake; acrylic and found object on paper; 26x33 inches; alaska mine piece, 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 realistic rendering of what appears to be the underside of a bridge structure. The background contains an additional architectural structure that also appears to be a bridge of some sort., 1980, 3'x3'; Acrylic on Canvas, 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 mixed media investigation into the transfer of energy through light and media application techniques., Bloedel, Joan Ross; shimmer stacks; paint pastel pencil; 30x44 inches; 1980; collection Oregon State Printing Plant; Salem Oregon, At the time of this award, Joan Stuart Ross was known as Joan Ross Bloedel. She has been a full-time faculty member at North Seattle Community College since 1996. Her primary love is printmaking. She is well known for her monotypes but is well versed in all other print media. Ross has a BFA and an MFA in painting. She has shown frequently in the Seattle and Portland galleries and has exhibited nationally and internationally. Ross has taught many workshops in printmaking, encaustic painting, as well as other creative techniques. She is an active member of several art organizations and is also known for her poetry., jross@sccd.ctc.edu, http://www.seattleprintarts.org/memberspgs/jsr/index.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
This abstract painting consists of sections of mauve, red, orange, blue, and green that are applied with thick brush strokes and detailed with thin scratchings in the surface., Lloyd Blakley; A Glimpse; acrylic; 39 x 48 inches; 1985, http://www.lloydblakley.com/index.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 visit their website at: http://www.oregonlink.com/arts/index.html
An acrylic painting of a autumn landscape. The deciduous trees vary in colors of red, orange, and green against a light blue sky. The grass in the foreground is light brown with orange and yellow tints., Mark Clarke; Landscape; justice, http://zeekgallery.com/exhibits/clarke.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 view of a road that extends back into the horizon line of an agricultural landscape., Shull 1981; acrylic on linen; union hill 4; 50x50 inches; $700; revenue bldg., 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
This three-dimensional piece is comprised of two stick-like forms inserted perpendicular to a horizontal, rounded rectangular form adorned with a yellow square divided by a diagonal black line., Mark Calderon; Baby's Back; plaster, wood, oil; 40x48 inches, http://www.gregkucera.com/calderon.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 visit their website at: http://www.oregonlink.com/arts/index.html
A view of a road extending back into the horizon line of an agricultural landscape., Jim Shull; union hill #4; revenue, 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