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/
This watercolor painting depicts a scene from a shaded driveway that approaches a group of outbuildings., watercolor; 1991, 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/
A watercolor painting of a village in earthtones. In front of the village are green strokes representing grass as well as a black-and-white picket fence. Above the village is a blue sky with black dotted lines that perhaps symbolize birds on a migratory route., Ruza Erceg; Distant Village; watercolor; 16x20 inches; 1984; 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/
An watercolor print primarily utilizing blue/green coloring with some white, red, and brown. The two large birds, which may be cranes, are the only images colored brown. There are also fish, a praying mantis, and various plants, in tones of white, some of which are painted in red., Dyann Alkire; Venezia; 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
A watercolor painting of a mixed bouquet of flowers in hues of red, yellow, white, and orange with green stems and leaves. All are housed inside a black vase. The background has various splotch-like colors of purple, blue, black, green, and yellow., C. S. Holmes; 1986; black vase; watercolor; 14x17 inches; 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
A watercolor rendering of pink flowers amongst green foliage, against a background space of brown and purple., Gladiolas; John Casey; w/c; 17 x 23 inches; '89, 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
Iris II incorporates warm yellow flowers into a cooler backdrop of blues and browns., Iris II; J. Howard; 14x28 in; sosc siskiyou center, Judy Howard, founder of Hanson Howard Gallery in Ashland, is a well known painter and designer whose work has been reproduced in many forms and distributed internationally. She worked as the art curriculum specialist for Medford schools prior to opening the art gallery in 1979. In 1983 Judy Howard was appointed to the Oregon Arts Commission and served for twelve years. She has spent the last eighteen years working with and promoting Northwest artists while continuing to develop her own work as a painter. (information obtained from artist URL on 05/23/07), http://www.hhgallery.com/html/j_howard.html, The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Arts Council of Southern Oregon. You may view their website at http://www.artscouncilso.org/
Iris I utilizes cool tones and some earth tones to provide a somber ambiance to the two-dimensional piece., Iris I; J. Howard; 14x28 in; sosc siskiyou center, Judy Howard, founder of Hanson Howard Gallery in Ashland, is a well known painter and designer whose work has been reproduced in many forms and distributed internationally. She worked as the art curriculum specialist for Medford schools prior to opening the art gallery in 1979. In 1983 Judy Howard was appointed to the Oregon Arts Commission and served for twelve years. She has spent the last eighteen years working with and promoting Northwest artists while continuing to develop her own work as a painter. (information obtained from artist URL on 05/23/07), http://www.hhgallery.com/html/j_howard.html, The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Arts Council of Southern Oregon. You may view their website at http://www.artscouncilso.org/
Primrose depicts a straight on view of a row of four flower pots containing primroses set against a blue background. The warm tone of yellow and pink of the flowers contrasts the cool background blues., Primrose; J. Howard; 28x32 in; siskiyou center sosc, Judy Howard, founder of Hanson Howard Gallery in Ashland, is a well known painter and designer whose work has been reproduced in many forms and distributed internationally. She worked as the art curriculum specialist for Medford schools prior to opening the art gallery in 1979. In 1983 Judy Howard was appointed to the Oregon Arts Commission and served for twelve years. She has spent the last eighteen years working with and promoting Northwest artists while continuing to develop her own work as a painter. (information obtained from artist URL on 05/23/07), http://www.hhgallery.com/html/j_howard.html, The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Arts Council of Southern Oregon. You may view their website at http://www.artscouncilso.org/
A watercolor painting featuring a human hand on a window, bordered with red rope-like strands with beads of orange and gray. The perspective of the painting is directed downwards, towards the landscape below., "The Wing: the moment of metaphor""; watercolor 22"*30"; Paul Alan Bennett; EOSC LOSO Hall, pbennett@outlawnet.com, http://www.paulbennett-art.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/