This piece is one of four seasonally-related collagraph prints. Yellow and Orange textured paper with black dotted lines permeate the piece. One red triangle is on the left side along with a piece of pink on the left. In the middle on the left side is a black and white abstract image., Four Seasons Summer; # 1-5; 1991; 30x40 inches; collagraph print with mixed media; James B. Thompson, (1996) James Thompson was born in Chicago, Il. He attended Ripon College, receiving a BA in Art/Art History and MFA from Washington University, School of Fine Arts, St. Louis, MO. He taught at Ripon College, University of Alaska and has been a Professor of, 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 textured, neutral background is systematically divided by horizontal lines. The foreground is comprised of a dark, textured equilateral triangle that sits on its top point. The base of the triangle is adorned by five thin, white lines., Russ Mahler; veetian blind; state capital v II, 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
An abstract conglomeration of graphic text that is consequently rendered unreadable. Predominant colors include red, orange, blue, and yellow., Earl Miller; state capital v II; stellar, 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 black-and-white linocut rendering of six men with different symols floating above their heads. From left to right, the items above the men's heads include a fish, a light bulb, a linear graph, a crown, another fish, and some sort of curly-cue. Below the men, there are three distinct areas that present three different scenes that all relate to fishing. The left area depicts a lighthouse along the coast, along with two smaller areas that depict a woman and a cup of steaming beverage. The middle area depicts a fishing boat and a map. The right area depicts a pile of fish and an area that contains what appears to be a fishing lure with a circle and slash over the top of it., Fishing for the Halibut; 42 inches by 40 inches; linocut print, http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1248/is_11_88/ai_66888284, 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/
A patterned, triangular form occupies the center of this piece. What appears to be a human shadow carrying a bow extends into the picture plane toward the triangular form from the bottom. A dark color palette is accented with red., Michael Holmes; red fire; state capital, 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 black and white, surrealistic rendering of what appears to be a pipe form that contains two sets of stairs and three distinct water droplets clinging to it's underside, which also reflect the context of the space. Harsh light emits from two different areas in the background, one of which appears to be a doorway opening to an undefined space., A Water Pipe Dream or Is It?; James Coates; State Capitol, 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
This series of small fragments developed from the artist's interest in ancient textile fragments from other cultures -- Egyptian, Russian, French. For the artist, those fragments and this series speak of lost times and people and places. They invite us to wonder about a culture as a whole, and to honor it. (Oregon Arts Commission, 1990), http://www.artharveststudiotour.org/2006/pages/artists/marilyn_higginson.html, 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/
This series of small fragments developed from the artist's interest in ancient textile fragments from other cultures -- Egyptian, Russian, French. For the artist, those fragments and this series speak of lost times and people and places. They invite us to wonder about a culture as a whole, and to honor it. (Oregon Arts Commission, 1990), http://www.artharveststudiotour.org/2006/pages/artists/marilyn_higginson.html, 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/
A swriling abstraction rendered in red and yellow, reminiscent of batik patterning., La Succession Terrestre III-IV; Gordon Gilkey; intaglio; State Capitol, 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