In the kiln., Balazs; In the Kiln; 3, http://www.theartspiritgallery.com/html/artistresults.asp?artist=35&testing=true, 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 visit their website at: http://www.oregonlink.com/arts/index.html
A large, outdoor sculpture piece comprised of three main parts. The base, a tall, skinny cone shape, supports the second part that resembles an upside down Nike swoosh. Extending from the thicker part of the second shape is the third shape, a long, skinny, needle-like spear., Twin Cones; Jonathan Bonner; copper and granite; 11 x 20 x 2 feet; Western Oregon State College; 1989, Bonner has pursued a dual interest in biology and weather vanes, many of his pieces being based on forms discovered in nature. Of this piece he says, "I guess I see it basically as a fish with its mouth wide open. It could be a seabird, like a skimmer." Spare and Elegant, this weathervane can be observed expressing the wind in all kinds of weather. ("A Collection of Art," Oregon Art Commission, 1989), http://www.jonathanbonner.com/, 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 view depicts three of seven whimsical metal sculptures whose forms imply abstractions of cloven animals. Bright colors and bold shapes adorn the pieces., Barry Gunderson; pendleton critters; sculpture painted aluminum; eastern or training center, Barry Gunderson has been a Professor of Studio Art at Kenyon College, Ohio. He joined the department in 1974 after receiving his MFA from the University of Colorado-Boulder. He has taught all the sculpture courses in the Department from the intro level "Three Dimensional Design" to the more unusual courses such as "Art with a Function" and "Art with Four Legs." His work also deals with the third dimension from outdoor public commissions to smaller studio pieces. "Learning to be an artist is a very complex process. Learning to enjoy Art by trying to make it is also complex. Once it is started the process has to be practiced and explored - perhaps for a lifetime. As an Artist/Teacher I think it is important to share my studio trials and tribulations for art-making is always fun but rarely easy. It is also important to share the joys of this activity - those times when an idea in combination with carefully selected and worked materials yields a product I am proud to exhibit. It is also a joy to help students dig deeply into themselves, then to use all their energies and resourcefulness to create a work they never thought possible." (http://art.kenyon.edu/studioart/academicprogram/studenthandbook.htm), gunderson@kenyon.edu, http://art.kenyon.edu/studioart/facultypages/gunderson/gundersonart.htm, 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/
Radiant Flux II combines curvatures with the reflective surface of stainless steel to provide an asymmetrical, yet balanced harmony., Radiant Flux II; obie Simonis; Revenue, simonis@erols.com, For more information and images of this artist: http://www.newtonopenstudios.com/artists-page.asp?a=403, 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 bronze sculpture, roughly patinaed, that appears to represent some sort of mechanized device and/or process., Battle Man Study II; James Lee Hanson; Vancouver, WA, 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
This view presents a detail of one of seven whimsical metal sculptures whose forms imply abstractions of cloven animals. Bright colors and bold shapes adorn the pieces., Barry Gunderson; pendleton critters; sculpture painted aluminum; eastern or training center, Barry Gunderson has been a Professor of Studio Art at Kenyon College, Ohio. He joined the department in 1974 after receiving his MFA from the University of Colorado-Boulder. He has taught all the sculpture courses in the Department from the intro level "Three Dimensional Design" to the more unusual courses such as "Art with a Function" and "Art with Four Legs." His work also deals with the third dimension from outdoor public commissions to smaller studio pieces. "Learning to be an artist is a very complex process. Learning to enjoy Art by trying to make it is also complex. Once it is started the process has to be practiced and explored - perhaps for a lifetime. As an Artist/Teacher I think it is important to share my studio trials and tribulations for art-making is always fun but rarely easy. It is also important to share the joys of this activity - those times when an idea in combination with carefully selected and worked materials yields a product I am proud to exhibit. It is also a joy to help students dig deeply into themselves, then to use all their energies and resourcefulness to create a work they never thought possible." (http://art.kenyon.edu/studioart/academicprogram/studenthandbook.htm), gunderson@kenyon.edu, http://art.kenyon.edu/studioart/facultypages/gunderson/gundersonart.htm, 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 wooden sculpture with three legs, supporting a madrone burl, oval-shaped piece that extends downward into a cone shape. The top of the piece is a bluish metal, perhaps a patinaed copper, with a brass opening in the middle. This is one of two images of the same piece. Irregularities between the pieces may reflect a difference in the source material., Vega; William Moore; 1990; Copper, Brass, Maple, Madrone Burl; 19.5 x 11.5 x 10 inches, 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 bronze exterior installation piece that extends around a recessed entrance to the State Capitol and is broken up into sections that resemble the build-up of organic forms., Tom Morandi; oregon state capital vol II, Tom Morandi received his B.S. in Art Education from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 1966 and his M.F.A. in Sculpture from Ohio University in 1971.He has been a Professor of Art at Oregon State University since 1989., tmorandi@comcast.net; tmorandi@oregonstate.edu, http://www.tommorandi.com/, 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 view of a red kite sculpture with a wavy tail. The sculpture is held up by a long pole on top of a building., Cook received a B.S. (Liberal Arts, 1979) and B.F.A. (1980) degrees from the University of Oregon. (resource obtained 2007-08-22 from http://libweb.uoregon.edu/guides/architecture/oregon/architects.html)., The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils, each serving one or more counties, 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 close-up view of a sculpture of a kite with a wavy tail. The kite is red and white with black triangles. The kite is held up by a long pole., Cook received a B.S. (Liberal Arts, 1979) and B.F.A. (1980) degrees from the University of Oregon. (resource obtained 2007-08-22 from http://libweb.uoregon.edu/guides/architecture/oregon/architects.html)., The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils, each serving one or more counties, 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/