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1. Spring Chinook
Spring Chinook
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A black and white print featuring a vortex of fish and lobsters. Insets in the print present human presence., Spring Chinook #1; Dennis Cunningham; lino-cut print; 32 x 32 inches; 1989, 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
2. Sea Air
Sea Air
Description
A black/blue, white and brown hued art piece with two themes. First, there is a sea life theme, exhibiting two very large fish, along with some other sea creatures and seaweed. The other theme is a residential type theme showing two brown apartment buildings set against a sky with clouds, a triangle, multiple circles, and birds., Dyann Alkire; etching; handcolored with watercolor; sea air; 20x25 inches; 1986, I like etching because I like to draw. Things such as deep sea life, insects, birds, fish, and architectural structures appeal to me, and I combine them in my compositions. Each piece has a certain theme that just evolves as I work on the plate, rather than having a set idea from the beginning. (Alkire, 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
3. Floating Fish
Floating Fish
Description
An impressionistic view of a fish in water, rendered in mostly browns and yellows with a few highlights in pastel blue and pink. Variations between duplicate images directly relate to original source materials., Pastel on Paper on Canvas, Christy Wyckoff grew up in Eastern Oregon. He received a BA from the University of Oregon in 1968 and an MFA from the University of Washington in 1971. In 1979, he received an Oregon Artists Fellowship. Wyckoff has taught at Pacific Northwest College of Ar, http://www.christywyckoff.com/, 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
4. Floating Fish
Floating Fish
Description
An impressionistic view of a fish in water, rendered in mostly browns and yellows with a few highlights in pastel blue and pink. Variations between duplicate images directly relate to original source materials., Pastel on Paper on Canvas, Christy Wyckoff grew up in Eastern Oregon. He received a BA from the University of Oregon in 1968 and an MFA from the University of Washington in 1971. In 1979, he received an Oregon Artists Fellowship. Wyckoff has taught at Pacific Northwest College of Ar, http://www.christywyckoff.com/, 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
5. Oregon Vignette
Oregon Vignette
Description
A profile view of a large, red fish occupies the right side of this piece. A bundle of yellow wheat hovers above rocks and water on the left side., Oregon Vignette; Suzanne Duryea; oil/canvas; 4 x 3 feet; 1988, "Born in Detroit, Michigan, Suzanne Duryea graduated in art history from Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois and continued to study painting at the University of California, Berkeley and Portland State University. Duryea has had one-person exhibitions at the Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle; Renshaw Gallery, Linfield College; Mayer Gallery, Marylhurst College as well several exhibitions at the Fountain Gallery, Portland. The artist has also been included in group exhibitions such as: The Oregon Biennial, Portland Art Museum; "Northwest '87", Seattle Art Museum and most recently the traveling exhibition, "Northhwest X Southwest: Painted Fictions" curated by the Palm Springs Deesert Museum. Suzanne Duryea has become known to Northwest art viewers for her rich oil paintings of animated objects personified in a narrative atmosphere of glowing color. Romantic yet humorous, these paintings emphasize a vigorous nature that is immortalized in pain, creating a symbolic tone. The glossy surfaces of the paintings on paper (22" x 30") become more textural on canvas as the actual working surface expands (7' x 5'). (Unknown, 1991), http://www.laurarusso.com/artists/duryea.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
6. Aquatic Life
Aquatic Life
Description
Aquatic Life plays with the interior/exterrior motif. The interior of the room is decorated with seascapes, coinciding with the oceanic view outside the window., R. Keaney Rathbun; Aquatic Life; 1985; 3/35; 13x18 inches; silkscreen; ohsc nurses unit remodel, http://www.waterstonegallery.com/dynamic/artist.asp?artistid=20, 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/
7. Sea Air
Sea Air
Description
This is a handcolored etching depicting fishes and birds freeflowing amongst man-made building structures. The etching reveals a playful, imaginary landscape., Dyann Alkire; Sea Air; 4/50; 20x25 inches; handcolored etching; ohsc nurses unite remodel, I like etching because I like to draw. Things such as deep sea life, insects, birds, fish, and architectural structures appeal to me, and I combine them in my compositions. Each piece has a certain theme that just evolves as I work on the plate, rather than having a set idea from the beginning. (Alkire, 1987), 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/
8. The Cycle
The Cycle
Description
A black and white print of the process of a salmon's life cycle. To the left of the print is a man fishing for salmon, with what looks like a net. Below the man is a salmon egg enclosed in a black rectangle. To the right of the egg is a salmon jumping upstream, and above that is an open-mouthed salmon's head., The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Eastern Oregon Regional Arts. You may view their website at http://www.artseast.org/
9. Trout Quintet
Trout Quintet
Description
The Trout Quintet depicts five trout playing various musical instruments., Sarah Chamberlain; The Trout Quintet; 37/50; 8 1/4x8 1/4 inches; color etching; ohsc nurses unit remodel, 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/
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