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1. The Potato Farm
The Potato Farm
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A watercolor painting of what may be a potato farm. There is a multi-windowed dwelling in the middle of geometrical shapes (planting patches) surrounded by a black picket fence. At the painting's top is a light brown hill with red and orange bushes lining the hill. Each geometrical shape is a different color., Ruza Erceg; Potato Farm #287; watercolor; 1986; unframed 8x10 1/2 inches; framed 17x21 inches; ohsu movable, Ruza Erceg In 1961, Ruza Erceg said to her daughter, Helen, "If I have paint brush, I start to make painting." Helen relayed this message to her brother Joseph, a graphic designer, who, that same day, bought her watercolors, brushes and paper. She immediately began to produce delightful, colorful images. Ruza was born in the fanning village of Imotski, Yugoslavia in 1898 and came to this country in 1922. She and her husband first settled in Pennsylvania then moved to Oregon. Ruza Erceg paints images of her past in Yugoslavia. They are soft and colorful images of rural scenes (farms, fields and farm houses), villages, white buildings with red tile roofs and an occasional painting of a sailboat or of a larger city. Her images are of no particular site but rather of a collective spirit of the land she left so long ago. Numerous paintings are surrounded with delightful painted borders which suggest a painted frame to contain the image., 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/
2. River Place
River Place
Description
A blue, black and white print of a multi-windowed hotel as viewed from the dock. The roofline of the building exhibits two very angular peaks, with a white chimney shown on the right-side roof. The dock on the lower right corner is colored brown, along with three benches on the side of the hotel. There is an American flag to the right of the hotel and two boats floating in the water., Dyann Alkire; River Place; justice, 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 view their website at: http://www.oregonlink.com/arts/index.html
3. 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
4. View to Margie and Don's
View to Margie and Don's
Description
A watercolor and acrylic painting presenting a rooftop vista. The view is positioned from the perspective of standing either behind or under colorful trees. White roofs abound. One lone red roof is in the background. Different types of chimney caps are visable. The vibrant tree and leaf colors of yellow, green, purple, blue and magenta in the foreground evoke an autumn sense., View to Margie and Don's; Bill Kucha; E.O.C.I.; 28 x 42 inches; watercolor and acrylic, http://www.kucha.com/, 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/
5. Africa
Africa
Description
A black, white and brown print of objects floating in the space of the piece. Some of the objects include a coliseum or trellis, a fish, various plant leaves, and a dragonfly., Dyann Alkire; etching; handcolored with watercolor; africa; 1985; 22x26 inches, 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
6. Cloisonne Vase
Cloisonne Vase
Description
A watercolor painting of white flowers with green stems and leaves housed inside a black and white floral painted vase with a metal rim. In the background of the painting, there are various colors of greens, blues, yellows, oranges, and black., C. S. Holmes; 1986; cloisonne vase; watercolor 14x17 in; dot materials lab, Craig Holmes is a 1970 graduate of Western Oregon State College. ("A Collection of Art," Oregon Art Commission, 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
7. Aegina
Aegina
Description
This drawing highlighted with watercolors depicts a panoramic view of a densely packed section of light-colored, flat-topped builidngs. Some of the buildings have awnings in red or mauve, and green foliage breaks up the architecture., graphite pencil, watercolor; 1987, http://www.alderart.com/mike%20pease/html/mike%20pease%20art.htm, 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/
8. Beach Children
Beach Children
Description
Beach Children presents a grid of nine images. Each section of the grid depicts a different aspect of child's play at the beach. It is a lithograph printed by the artist on her own lithographic press., Hanne Greaver; Beach Children; 1/30; handcolored litho; 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/
9. Gridlock
Gridlock
Description
A watercolor painting of a traffic jam, set from a driver's perspective. The driver is wearing a red/pink outfit; there is a crossword puzzle, glasses and a purse on the passenger's seat. In front of the driver are various colored cars, including a blue locksmith and a green sheriff's van filled with people., Gridlock; Elizabeth Santone; Watercolor; 24 x 32 inches, 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
10. Reap
Reap
Description
A portrait of a woman with red hair and blue eyes holding what appears to be a clump of grass or other green foliage., Laura Ross-Paul; Reap; 1988; watercolor pastel; 24x18 inches; ohsu movable, For more images by this artist, please visit: http://www.froelickgallery.com/Artist-Detail.cfm?ArtistsID=221, 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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