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- This painting, done in realistic tones, depicts a scene with two houses adorned by virtue of their historic architecture. A green, coniferous tree seperates them underneath a tumultuous sky. The style of the brush strokes conveys a sense of movement to the whole scene., Romance with 14th Street; Harry Bennett; oil, 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/
2. Ancestor
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- A painting of a large brown-colored woman with blue hair, dressed in blue, holding a smaller human with vertical, wavy black and blue hair, attired in green clothing. Extending from the smaller human's face is a blueish ghosted face, with only the side of the face visible. In the lower right corner of the piece is a blue square with what looks like a nude female sitting, reaching upwards., Ancestor; Claudia Cave; Gouache on Paper; 41 x 33.25 inches; '92; CavC92062519, A well known Oregon artist, Claudia cave graduated with an M.F.A. in painting from the University of Idaho and A B.S. in art education from the Western Oregon State University. Her work has been exhibited at the Portland Art Museum, Seattle Art Museum, Bellevue Art Museum as well as the Alternative Museum in New York. In addition, the artist's work is included in the collections of the Metropolitan Arts Commission, Seattle, WA; Microsoft, Seattle, WA; Salem Public Library, OR; University of Oregon, Eugene, or as well as many other public and private collections. Cave's paintings have been regularly reproduced in the Clinton Street Quarterly, Portland/Seattle. (Unknown, 1991), http://www.zeekgallery.com/dynamic/artist.asp?ArtistID=80, 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
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- This abstract piece presents a conglomeration of predominantly blue, white, green, and orange forms that suggest mood and location., Robert E. Dozono; A Day in Eugene, October 23; oil,collage/canvas; 48 x 48 inches, http://www.blackfish.com/Artist-Detail.cfm?ArtistsID=10, 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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- A man with wings interacts with different lifeforms contained in what appear to be beakers over the top of what appear to be collaged shreds of hand-written documents. The written text reads, "The philosopher's compare their secret stone to the salamander. It is fed by fire, lives in fire and is perfected by fire as the salamander is.", Salamander; mixed media; 1998, My recent works on paper are inspired by alchemical manuscripts. The alchemists documented their labors in enigmatic texts in which chemical procedures, cosmology and myths are woven together into fantastic allegories. Similarly in my paintings I use imagery of birds, beasts, plants and minerals as symbols of the process of transformation, As an artist I view alchemy as a metaphor for the creative process in which there is progressive transformation and refinement of materials, imagery and ultimately consciousness. In alchemy and art alike the creative imagination is the vital agent of change. The alchemists described their labors as an "art". Like the alchemist I attempt to use physical processes as a mirror of inner experience. The materials become "transmuted" from their initially inert state through creative and chaotic struggle into a new synthesis. In my painting I use physical processes of dissolution, evaporation, heat and gravity which remind me of the alchemist's use of the elements of water, air, fire and earth. Humor is an important element of my work. Likewise humor and paradox were not unknown to the alchemist. The texts abound with cryptic riddles meant to befuddle the literal-minded and catalyze intuitive insight. Hermes, the Greek god of wisdom, was the patron of alchemists and also the trickster who could lead his followers on a search to find "fools gold". Anyone who embarks on a potentially quixotic search to find the elixir of immortality should have plenty of humor and humility to sustain themselves! The homunculus, a human-like creature nurtured in a glass vessel was reputed to have been created in the alchemical laboratory. In the novel "Frankenstein" the renegade doctor studies the writings of Paracelsus, the swiss alchemist, before creating his monster. I see the homunculus as a metaphor for modem technology with all its wonders and potential horrors. The series of "Homunculus" sculptures which utilize remnants of household appliances and found objects explores this theme in a whimsical fashion. The alchemist searched for the "gold of the philosophers"-philosophical wisdom. In their pursuit of nature's secrets they combined scientific experimentation with a mystical quest for illumination. Their holistic view of the universe viewed matter and consciousness as a continuum, anticipating recent developments in physics. Alchemy is the ancestor of modem science; perhaps there is something that can be learned from its legacy? I am inspired artistically by the beauty of the texts and their insights into the mysteries of creation. Hopefully my own fanciful creations convey something of the spirit of that tradition. (Nez, 1998), http://www.augengallery.com/Artists/nez.html, 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
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- Egyptian iconography and two human forms intermingle in some sort of drama that takes place over the top of what appears to be collaged shreds of hand-written documents. The written text reads, "You will see the Sun and Moon shining at noon then the gods will appear in the sky and the shades of the departed will walk again upon earth.", Magician's Tale #2; mixed media; 1998, My recent works on paper are inspired by alchemical manuscripts. The alchemists documented their labors in enigmatic texts in which chemical procedures, cosmology and myths are woven together into fantastic allegories. Similarly in my paintings I use imagery of birds, beasts, plants and minerals as symbols of the process of transformation, As an artist I view alchemy as a metaphor for the creative process in which there is progressive transformation and refinement of materials, imagery and ultimately consciousness. In alchemy and art alike the creative imagination is the vital agent of change. The alchemists described their labors as an "art". Like the alchemist I attempt to use physical processes as a mirror of inner experience. The materials become "transmuted" from their initially inert state through creative and chaotic struggle into a new synthesis. In my painting I use physical processes of dissolution, evaporation, heat and gravity which remind me of the alchemist's use of the elements of water, air, fire and earth. Humor is an important element of my work. Likewise humor and paradox were not unknown to the alchemist. The texts abound with cryptic riddles meant to befuddle the literal-minded and catalyze intuitive insight. Hermes, the Greek god of wisdom, was the patron of alchemists and also the trickster who could lead his followers on a search to find "fools gold". Anyone who embarks on a potentially quixotic search to find the elixir of immortality should have plenty of humor and humility to sustain themselves! The homunculus, a human-like creature nurtured in a glass vessel was reputed to have been created in the alchemical laboratory. In the novel "Frankenstein" the renegade doctor studies the writings of Paracelsus, the swiss alchemist, before creating his monster. I see the homunculus as a metaphor for modem technology with all its wonders and potential horrors. The series of "Homunculus" sculptures which utilize remnants of household appliances and found objects explores this theme in a whimsical fashion. The alchemist searched for the "gold of the philosophers"-philosophical wisdom. In their pursuit of nature's secrets they combined scientific experimentation with a mystical quest for illumination. Their holistic view of the universe viewed matter and consciousness as a continuum, anticipating recent developments in physics. Alchemy is the ancestor of modem science; perhaps there is something that can be learned from its legacy? I am inspired artistically by the beauty of the texts and their insights into the mysteries of creation. Hopefully my own fanciful creations convey something of the spirit of that tradition. (Nez, 1998), http://www.augengallery.com/Artists/nez.html, 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
6. Horizons
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- This painting presents a nude human figure with longish black hair in profile. The figure stands against a backdrop of three bands of color: white at the top, light blue in the middle, and dark blue at the bottom., Michele Russo; Horizon; oil on canvas; 69 x 60.5 inches; 1991, Michele Russo was born in Waterbury, Connecticut in 1909. In 1930, he enrolled at Yale University and received a B.F.A. degree in painting in 1934. During the depression years he was employed at a muralist through a Works Progress Administration project and in this capacity executed murals in several Connecticut schools. In 1937, Russo left Connecticut to accept a fellowship to study with Boardman Robinson and George Biddle at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado for one year. During the next ten years he was a social activist and worked for the Federal Education project in Connecticut. In the fall of 1947, Russo moved to Portland and was hired by the Museum Art School the following year to teach painting and art history, remaining on the staff until he retired in 1974. During his tenure at the Museum Art School he became known as Portland's most articulate voice of artists' political, social and artistic rights. In the 1950's, along with friends, he started a co-op op professional artists called Artists Equity. In recent years Russo has been active in various organizations to make art a more visible part of the cultural life in the Northwest; he was one of the original founders of the Portland Center for the Visual Arts. In 1975, he was Chairman of the Oregon Committee for Art in Public Places. In 1977, he was appointed to the Metropolitan Arts Commission; the first artists so honored. (Unknown, 1995), http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/oralhistories/transcripts/russo83.htm; http://www.laurarusso.com/artists/russo.html, 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. Swimmer/Fish
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- See artist's statement for description., Howard and Kathleen Meehan; Swimmer/Fisher (1 of 5); Dixon Aquatic Center, OSU; Howard and Kathleen Meehan, 2511 NW Upshur, Portland, OR 97210; 503-274-0865, http://www.hkmeehan.com/; http://kathleenmeehan.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. You may view their website at: http://www.artcentric.org/
8. Inverness
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- An acrylic painting of a landscape with yelllowed hills, In the foreground are a few cattail plants., Inverness; Douglas Campbell Smith; 1992; Public Service Building, http://www.campbellsmiths.com/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
9. Future Lives
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- This mural is composed of at least five distinct sections. When read from left to right, the piece repeats a circular motif whose form oscillates between the representation of natural settings and abstract, possibly psychological spaces., detail; future lives; central mural; © 1990 Don Gray, http://www.dongraystudio.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/
10. City Streets #6
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- A crowded city street depicted in bright, primary colors. Several human faces emerge from the foreground., City Streets #6; oil; 48 x 72 inches, http://www.gottliebgallery.com/artists/coe.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
