A trapezoidal base supports four arms, bent at ninety degree angles and pointing upward in this sculptural piece. The arms contain what appears to be a silver colored bean form. The arms are also bisected by what appear to be leaf forms that are parallel to the floor plane., state capital vol II, Manuel Izquierdo was born in Madrid, Spain, and fled to the United States settling in Portland, Oregon in 1943. While he was in high school Manuel was encouraged to pursue wood-cuts by Lloyd Reynolds, the well-known calligrapher. In 1951 Manuel graduated from the Pacific Northwest College of Art and soon after became a professor there. Manuel Izquierdo received the Oregon Governor's Award in 1991 and has exhibited work both in the Northwest and nationally, including a ten-year retrospective at the Portland Art Museum in 1967. Having completed many commissions his sculpture can be seen in a variety of Portland public spaces such as Pettygrove Square. His work is in collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Philadelphia Museum in Pennsylvania, the Seattle Art Museum, and the Portland Art Museum., http://www.laurarusso.com/artists/izquierdo.html, 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
George Greenmayer; Let the Games Begin; forged, welded, painted steel; 20 inch tall figures, http://www.greenamyer.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/
George Greenmayer; Let the Games Begin; forged, welded, painted steel; 20 inch tall figures, http://www.greenamyer.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/
According to the artist, the steel forms that comprise this sculpture were intended to represent paper in relation to the printing process. This view was taken in front of the sculpture., Christiane Martens; paperwave; printing plant, http://www.bilhenrygallery.com/martens/index.html, 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 piece consists of three shiny, red buck mounts, stylized with Pacific Northwest Native American design, that sit atop large stumps that have been cleaned, shaped, and banded together with metal stripping., E.M. Brownice; Mythic Herd; Baker Co. Corrections, Brownlee moved to Oahu from Oregon to work on his Masters in Art at the University of Hawaii. While there he carved tiki idols for restaurant and hotel developments in Waikiki, and went on to do many tikis for the International Market Place. In later years he returned to Neahkahnie Beach in Oregon., 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/
The following series of images details the installation process for Lee Kelly's outdoor scultprue., OSU Sculpture Project; 1983; Lee Kelly, http://www.pnca.edu/exposure/stories/19/lee-kelly-59, 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/
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
Oxidized brown steel sculpture in the middle of a grassy lawn or park setting. The sculpture exhibits thick rectangular columns, some of which are curved., http://www.pnca.edu/exposure/stories/19/lee-kelly-59, 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/
George Greenmayer; Let the Games Begin; forged, welded, painted steel; 20 inch tall figures, http://www.greenamyer.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/
George Greenmayer; Let the Games Begin; forged, welded, painted steel; 20 inch tall figures, http://www.greenamyer.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/