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71. Tarpon
Tarpon
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A bronze rectangular sculpture with a tarpon fish in the middle. The rest of the bronze has some patterns and textures inscribed in it., Devin Lawrence Field; Tarpon; Bronze; 15x8 inches; 92, http://www.devinlaurencefield.com/, 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
72. Butterfly World and Gates
Butterfly World and Gates
Description
A green gate, inlaid with ceramic mosaic pieces that imply plant forms., 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/
73. Sightings
Sightings
Description
This view presents context for the multiple bronze castings of birds and animals that dot the courtyard to the Columbia River Correctional Institution., "sightings"; Tom Askman; Columbia River corrections, (2006) Tom Askman is an art professor at Eastern Washington University., http://www.tomaskman.com/, 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. Visit their website at: http://www.racc.org/
74. Japanese Maple Trees with Rocks
Japanese Maple Trees with Rocks
Description
A collection of cut basalt columns, some of which breach the barrier of the glass front of the Department of Transportation., Michihiro Kosuge; Commission for Oregon Department of Transportation; site specific installation; Portland, Oregon; basalt sculptures; '96, http://www.laurarusso.com/artists/kosuge.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 & Culture. You may view their website at http://www.racc.org/
75. Japanese Maple Trees with Rocks
Japanese Maple Trees with Rocks
Description
A collection of cut basalt columns, some of which breach the barrier of the glass front of the Department of Transportation., Michihiro Kosuge; Commission for Oregon Department of Transportation; site specific installation; Portland, Oregon; basalt sculptures; '97, http://www.laurarusso.com/artists/kosuge.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 & Culture. You may view their website at http://www.racc.org/
76. Valley
Valley
Description
This view details the inverted, concave cone that hovers just above the ground amidst four unfinished boulders that is part of the outdoor sculpture, Valley. The concave cone contains what appear to be a branch and a polished, cherry-colored spear., Janet Lofquist; 1999; Valley; Brian Foulkes, 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/
77. Two Kiln Gates
Two Kiln Gates
Description
A red, metal gate inlaid with ceramic mosaic pieces that combines the image of a caterillar and a butterfly., 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/
78. Great Salmon
Great Salmon
Description
Beyond what has been provided herein, we have no additional information regarding this artwork., Frank Boyden was born 1942, in Portland, OR. He attended Yale University, School of Art, achieving a M.F.A. and B.F.A., in Painting, 1968. In 1965, he attended Colorado College, where he received a B.A. in Art., http://www.laurarusso.com/artists/boyden.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 & Culture
79. Boy Fishing
Boy Fishing
Description
A wooden sculpture of a boy with a fishing pole, holding a fish on a wooden platform., The Boy Fishing; Russell Childers; wood; 21x5.5x9 inches; ohsu movable, In 1970 Childers had a one man show that opened in the University Of Oregon Museum Of Art and has toured colleges, galleries and libraries in the Northwest including a very successful exhibit in Sapporo, Japan. His wood carvings are being purchased by museums and private collectors who gladly pay up to $2,000.00 for his pieces. Russell has truly gained recognition as a gifted artist. This was not always the case. On January 11, 1926 at the age at 10 has was committed to Fairview State Home for the Feeble Minded because of "fits" that quite possibly could have been epileptic seizures stemming from early childhood falls and several bouts with extremely high fevers. Records show that his first- and second- grade teachers regarded him as incorrigible. In those days that was enough reason to have a child institutionalized. While at Fairview he received several diagnoses including autism. Perhaps because of deafness he found it difficult to communicate so he was labeled as being retarded. As a former superintendent of Fairview, Merry McGee said, "When a person was labeled as retarded, all services ceased." Patients were fed and clothed but received no training. Russell spent the next forty years in silence. Russell is not sure when he started to carve but thinks it was during World War II. While thumbing through an issue of Life Magazine, he saw an illustration of a woodcarver at work and this triggered something in him. Woodcarving was Childers' only significant activity for most of the forty years he spent there. He was not allowed to have a knife for many years, so he sharpened bits of metal and with donated wood he eagerly created wooden cowboys, bartenders and bears for the ward attendants. He charged 50 cents for his work. In 1965, Pauline Lindell, one of the founders of Willamette Valley Rehabilitation Center felt that Russell was capable of "leading a more useful life" and helped in obtaining his release. Russell moved to Lebanon to reside in a foster home. At Willamette Valley Rehabilitation Center he was given a set of hearing aids, extensive reading and writing classes and a place to continue his carving. In his new open environment, Russell has thrived. He is paid a salary at the center, with which he shares the proceeds from his carvings. As he works at his bench, Russell will occasionally chat with workers who pass by, but his thoughts stay with the steady strokes of his coping saw as he shapes a piece of maple or oak into a delicate figure. His self-portraits and the poignant pre-Fairview family scenes are works of art. One of the most acclaimed is of Childers, a brother and an aunt who are sitting together on a bench the day before he was committed. As Jan Zach, retired professor of sculpture at the University of Oregon and a good friend of Russell, said a few years ago, "Russell's work is beautiful, it's absolutely astonishing." When asked, Russell thinks he does good work, but calls it a hobby -- one that he has pursued eight hours a day for a good part of his 73 years., http://prettisculpture.typepad.com/photos/russell_childers/russell_childers.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 & Culture. You may view their website at http://www.racc.org/
80. Ra
Ra
Description
This sculpture combines sheet lead, which has been pieced together with what appears to be rivets or nails to form a trapezoidal base, and an oval-shaped stone that has been incised with two downward-pointing arrows. The stone perches on top of the trapezoidal, sheet lead base., Mike Taylor; Ra; stone, lead; 13 x 12 x 12 inches, 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/
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