This photorealistic acrylic painting depicts a view from directly above a still-life table setting. White flowers, a red-and-white plate, and a red-and-white saucer and teacup sit on an ornate neutral and black Victorian-patterned tablecloth. The silver surrounding the place setting consists of a knife, two spoons, and a red pipe wrench., Acrylic/Canvas; 24 x 36 inches, yes@lclark.edu, http://www.lclark.edu/~yes/, 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/
This painted construction employs paint to dimensionally break the confines of a rectangular frame. Thick swirls of blue, white, and pink define an interior, geometric space rendered in gold, dark blue, red, and yellow as well as thin, black lines., George D. Green; Same Old Forest Blues; U of O Science Complex, (1996 press release from Oregon Economic Development Department, Salem, OR) George Green has, for the past twenty years, been a leader in the development of new forms of tromp l'oeil illusionism (painting with photographically realistic detail). Green has had over 50 national and international solo exhibitions and is represented in 44 museum collections including the Guggenheim Museum, the Chicago Art Institute, The Denver Art Museum, the Los Angeles County Museum, and the Detroit Institute of the Arts. He has been represented by the Meyerson Nowinski Gallery in Seattle, and the Louis K. Meisel Gallery in New York City. George Green was born in Portland, Oregon in 1943., http://www.bernarduccimeisel.com/artistImages.php?id_artist=8, 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/
An abstract painting that uses blue, green, red, orange, black, and white in sketchy blocks to create the image., Lloyd Blakely, Title: Fishing for Flies, acrylic on paper, 25.5 x 31.5 inches, 1985, info@lloydblakley.com, http://www.lloydblakley.com/index.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 very bold and colorfol acrylic painting of people walking down a street with shops on the left side, and a street with cars on the right side. The people seem to be all grouped together, sort of in the middle of the art piece as if they are waiting to cross the street., Acrylic on canvas; 20 x 27 inches; replacement for stolen piece, http://www.juliaoreilly.com/, 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/
This piece depicts two men wearing what appears to be medieval garb and wielding an ax and a sickle amogst a green field filled with branched forms lacking leaves. Two trees and a blue sky occupy the background., http://www.aronpacker.com/stotik/stotik.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/
This painting depicts two geometrically composed human figures with white, faceless heads. The figures also appear to wear large, white boots. The figure on the left extends one arm and kicks on leg behind while the figure on the right appears to be striding in the same direction as the other figure. The background is split in half, white on top and gray on the bottom., Michele Russo; Something to Say; U of O Science Complex, 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: Lane Arts. You may view their website at http://www.lanearts.org/
This view presents context for George Green's painted construction that employs paint to dimensionally break the confines of a rectangular frame. Thick swirls of blue, white, and pink define an interior, geometric space rendered in gold, dark blue, red, and yellow as well as thin, black lines., George Green; Some Old Forest Blues; U. of OR Sci. Complex II, http://www.bernarduccimeisel.com/artistImages.php?id_artist=8, 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/
An acrylic painting of a city's nightlife hours. Only one lamp illuminates the outside. The other lights eminate from the inside of what appears to be restaurants. There is a stop sign on the left side of the piece, and a curvy faceless woman in a turquoise colored dress walking towards the viewer., Acrylic on canvas; 32 x 38 inches, 1990, http://www.juliaoreilly.com/, 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/
This painting presents what appears to be an abstracted seascape. Two different shades of blue are separated by thick brush strokes rendered in yellow, green, pink, red, and black. This is one of two images of the same piece. Irregularities between the pieces may reflect a difference in the source material., Red Cabin, Acrylic on paper, 15x21 inches, 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/
This painting presents what appears to be an abstracted seascape. Two different shades of blue are separated by thick brush strokes rendered in yellow, green, pink, red, and black. This is one of two images of the same piece. Irregularities between the pieces may reflect a difference in the source material., Red Cabin, Acrylic on paper, 15x21 inches, 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/