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31. Future Lives
Future Lives
Description
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; central mural; future lives; © 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/
32. The Promise of Evening
The Promise of Evening
Description
A scene depicting a coastal horizon at sunset is surrounded by blocks of neutral tones., The Promise of Evening; 14 x 48 x 0.75 inches; oil, wax, copper, metal leaf, on wood panel, caprariok@lanecc.edu, http://artistsregister.com/artist_info.phtml?memberId=1292&number=OR13, 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
33. Peonies & Iris 1990
Peonies & Iris 1990
Description
A still-life painting of two jars of pink and white blooms sitting on a table covered in a white cloth against a dark blue background., S. Gittelsohn; Peonies & Iris 1990; Jul 13 1990; 48x48 inches; oil on linen; ohsu movable, ShirlyGitt@aol.com, http://members.aol.com/shirlygitt/, 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/
34. Solve Et Coagula
Solve Et Coagula
Description
A religious man is pictured concocting what appears to be some sort of experiment or ritual over the top of what appears to be collaged shreds of hand-written documents. The written text reads: "Through the struggle of dissolution and coagulation, illuminated by the progressive and retrograde movement of the stars a new cosmos is created from the old one.", Solve et Coagula; 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
35. Aspen Grove, Steens
Aspen Grove, Steens
Description
A watercolor painting featuring aspen trees in a field. Behind the aspen trees is a brown and green landscape., Aspen Grove, Steens; Henk Pander; HP 44; 1990; Watercolor; 40 x 60 inches, hpander@earthlink.net, http://artistsregister.com/artists/OR9, 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
36. Future Lives
Future Lives
Description
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 of central mural; future lives; © 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/
37. Underwater Fantasy
Underwater Fantasy
Description
See artist's statement for description., Howard and Kathleen Meehan; Underwater Fantasy (2 of 2); 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/
38. Palm Land
Palm Land
Description
An abstract, mixed media painting rendered primarily in pastel blues, pinks, and yellows. Dark blue and red accent the piece., Frederick Heidel; Palm Land; 1990; mixed media; 30x30 inches; ohsu movable, Former chairman of the art & architecture department and professor of art at Portland State University for over 25 years, Frederick Heidel is well known and respected for his work in glass and acrylic paintings. Throughout his career, Heidel has exhibited widely including major shows at the San Francisco Museum of Art, Portland Art Museum, University of Oregon Art Museum, Smith/Anderson Gallery, Palo Alto, CA and Glasgalene Kuhler, Amsterdam, Holland. The artist has also been awarded numerous commissions and is included in many public and private collections. A painter, Heidel began working in glass in 1967 after receiving a Chapelbrook Foundation Grant to work in the glass factories in Holland. Since that time, the artist has traveled to the studios of Glassobjekte Van Tetterode to execute glass sculpture from drawings he has prepared in his Portland studio. The exploration of this medium has lead Heidel to create sculpture of painted light and the nuances of the colorful laminated glass harkens to the painterly and fluid surfaces of his paintings. Heidel's works on paper reflect the translucent quality of his glass sculpture. (Unknown, 1991), For more images by this artist, please visit: http://www.laurarusso.com/artists/heidel.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/
39. After the Rain
After the Rain
Description
A view of an old piece of what appears to be orange farm machinery in the rain., After the Rain; Julie Allen; watercolor; 14 x 20 inches; DOT Region 5 HQ, 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/
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