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- A bluish-gray wash covers most of the picture plane in this piece. Various geometric shapes intersect it in black and pink. This is one of two views of this artwork. Variations between duplicate images relate directly to original source materials., Mixed media on paper, http://www.elizabethleach.com/Artist-Detail.cfm?ArtistsID=21, 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/
212. Benjamin Franklin
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- A calligraphic presentation of a Benjamin Franklin quote regarding printing, entitled "An Apology for Printers.", Elizabeth Anderson; st planting pl; benjamin franklin; calligraphic watercolor painting; 1980, Environmental graphic designer Elizabeth Anderson specializes in signs that help people learn about their environment and how to navigate their way through it. She is a principal and project designer with Anderson Krygier, whose work adorns schools, hospitals, libraries, businesses, and historic landmarks throughout the Pacific Northwest. She has taught at Portland State University and Pacific Northwest College of Art. (details obtained from: http://web.reed.edu/reed_magazine/aug2003/features/notables/index.html --checked on 05/23/07), 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
213. Vega
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- 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
214. Evening -- Comets
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- An interaction occurs in the window bay of the skylight between the surface of the window bay, which is painted in black with lighter colored suggestions of stars and atmospheric forms and comet forms made from transparent red, orange, and yellow material, which are suspended in the window bay., Cloud Chambers; 1997; Skylight C; Evening - Comets, Melanie Walker received a B.A. from San Francisco State University and an M.F.A. from Florida State University. She has taught at the Media Arts Department at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado specializing in Historic Photographic Processes, Digital Imaging, Costume Design, Puppetry and Public Art., melanie.walker@colorado.edu, Peters and Walker: http://www.airworks-studio.com/ <br>Melanie Walker: http://www.colorado.edu/arts/photo/walker.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 and Culture. You may view their website at http://www.racc.org
215. Vessels #1
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- In this mixed media piece, there are two lightbulb shaped objects, one with a flower in it, and another with small yellow circles. The other four objects are flash shaped with three little feet holding objects such as a long lizard, a moon and a star. There are hand written words in black on the top and middle of the piece., Vessels #1; 1996; mixed media on paper; (15 x 15 inches); [no.] 9, 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: Linn-Benton Arts. You may view their website at: http://www.artcentric.org/
216. Hermes Bird
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- A mixed media piece of art of what may be a chemist, or scientist of some sort. Surrounding him are oddly shaped glass bottles filled with animals such as a bird, butterfly, and snake. At the top of the piece are words written in black., Hermes Bird; 1997; mixed media on paper; (15 x 15 inches), 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: Linn-Benton Arts. You may view their website at: http://www.artcentric.org/
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- A bluish-gray wash covers most of the picture plane in this piece. Various geometric shapes intersect it in black and pink. This is one of two views of this artwork. Variations between duplicate images relate directly to original source materials., Mixed media on paper, http://www.elizabethleach.com/Artist-Detail.cfm?ArtistsID=21, 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/
218. Home Creek Canyon
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- A detailed version of the right side of the photo collage. The photo is of a landscape with trees amongst grass, and a hill behind the trees. On the left on top of one of the trees is a piece of paper with text making all the black behind it, brown., Home Creek Canyon . . . Detail'; mixed media collage; 1997; [no.] 3, Terri Warpinski has been a professor of art at the University of Oregon since 1984, where she also served in administrative positions such as Vice Provost of Academic Affairs and Community Engagement. Warpinski's images reflect her reverence for the Western Landscape and her interest in the traces of human connection with this landscape. Warpinski invests her images with a strong belief in the environmental movement: "Art, literature and Theater can gather people around an issue in an uplifting way. It's not being irresponsible or ignoring the seriousness of things. Neither is it preaching to the converted. In my experience art can reach the spirit of people in a deeper way than a purely analytical approach..." Warpinski's projects include a series on aboriginal rock art in Australia, works inspired by her field notebooks, hand-colored black and white photographs, and large-format collages which include the Fragments series images that are now a part of this collection., http://www.uoregon.edu/~tlw/; http://www.terriwarpinski.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
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- A geometric composition that utilizes thick brush strokes to create wavy lines and texture in the surface of the paint. This piece is rendered in pink, red, yellow, orange, and black. Predominant shapes include triangles and rectangles., James B Thompson; 1992; A mystery desired and sought; IV, (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, jthompso@willamette.edu, http://www.willamette.edu/cla/art/faculty/thompson/, 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
220. At Water's Edge
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- This view presents a detail of a sandcarved glass pane that depicts a stylized wave form., Lonnie Feather; at water's edge; 1998; each 12x12 inches; conf. Room doors; sandcarved glass; mixed media, Lonie Feather has worked and lived in Portland, Oregon, and has exhibited her art since 1982. She received her Baccalaureate from Portland State University with Honors in 1987 and was recognized with the 1983 Corning Award as outstanding student while studying at the internationally renowned Pilchuck Glass School. She has received significant awards including Outstanding Woman Artist of Solano County, in 1989 among others. Numerous public and private art commissions also span her career utilizing a variety of mediums and techniques which include painting on glass, glass sandcarving, cast glass, murals, mixed media with glass, wood carving and stone sculpture., lfeather@lonniefeather.com, http://www.lonniefeather.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/
