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
A large, stylized red cat against a bright blue background. The contents of the cat's belly are revealed by two squiggly-outlined bubbles. They contain a person, a car, a slice of cake, an ice cream cone, a dog, a human hand, foot, and eye, a house, a bird, a carrot, a fish, and a strawberry. The cat holds a white mouse by the tail in its mouth, and it faces a small female figure wearing a black dog mask, which occupies the upper left-hand corner., Inside Every Fat Cat Is a Thin Cat Trying to Get Out; Claudia Cave; gouche; 25 x 25 inches; 1988, Cave combines humor and satire embodied in a cartoon-like drawing style to share her perspective on life and society. In most of Cave's pieces, as in *Fat Cat (Inside Every Fat Cat is a Thin Cat Trying to Get Out)*, the viewer may also sense an element of danger. Cave is a graduate of Western Oregon State College. ("A Collection of Art," Oregon Art Commission, 1989), 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
