Two single-unit votive slips at center of page. Colorful scenes. Right slip depicts black bear fighting white rabbit. Black text on page in lower right corner.
Symmetrical rectangular shapes with various wildlife animals on it using mixed media. On the bottom of the piece are fish and sealife animals, the middle of the piece features land animals, and the top has flying and gliding animals., jeanne fingerhut; 1990; fish and wildlife; oregon tapestry; mm/canvas; 5x6 feet, "I see Life as a journey, an adventure, a mystery to unravel. The challenge is to reconnect with my essential Self, my true Nature and then to express that Nature freely and joyfully as a contribution to Life. The process is a perfect circle. When I make art, I feel happy, truly alive and in touch with a sense of higher mind and higher purpose. I desire that my work be a mirror touching the uniqueness of each viewer and encouraging that Self to emerge." JEANNE FINGERHUT Jeanne Fingerhut was born in New York City, received her B.A. from Barnard College and her M.A. from the University of Paris - Sorbonne where she studied as a Fulbright Scholar. Although she painted and drew from early childhood, she did not pursue the study of art. Instead she became a teacher of foreign language specializing in phonetics and academic research. Life's events, however, led her into many artistic professions...textile design, illustration, hand-painted fashion...reminding her that painting and drawing were her greatest source of pleasure and expression. And so, while raising three sons and working in the fields of art, music and language, she painted consistently and showed her work in New York during the 1970's. In 1983 she relocated to the Pacific Northwest to devote full energies to art. Her work has expanded to include all varieties of mixed media, cut-out collage paintings and, most recently, hand colored etchings which reveal her interest in strong composition, juxtaposed pattern and design craftsmanship. Her art is included in private, corporate and public collections in the United States and abroad. Ms. Fingerhut died in 2002. (excerpt taken from artist's biography), 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/
Detail of large bear hunt: archer (feet lost in lichen) raising his bow and preparing to shoot at a large bear above. On the left, a goat and, below, an unclear animal—possibly an unfinished tethered horse.
Dog confronting a plantigrade bull; bear above and a small stag below, uncertain animal on left. On variegated vertical surface. Note that the small stag was pecked over the area from which the original surface fell out.
Scene on small broken boulder with several figures surrounding what is either a bear or a boar and attacking it with spears, clubs, bows and arrows. Figures wear a variety of headdresses and carry long daluur. Note small figure on left, in section where rock has fallen out; possibly executed later than the main scene?
Detail showing long, stylized deer overlaying Bronze Age animals including a boar or bear and a leaping stag. Bronze Age horse to left of deer's head, many scratched and engraved elements.
Undulating surface of smooth and bluish cast, covered with variety of images. Several images, pecked and engraved, of stylized deer, one over Bronze Age animals; other animals, a human figure. Images have re-patinated into a rusted dark brown. Overlay.
Large scene of two archers hunting bear with the use of decoys. Surface smooth, sloping, deeply scraped; possibly done by the same hand evident in the scene represented in RA_PETR_TG_0418.
Monstrous bird, inverted and with long tail and large claws, overlaying bear pecked earlier in probable predation scene. Located on a ledge just over RA_PETR_TG_0032. Overlay.
A man poses in front of four bear hides that are hanging from a wooden building with a corrugated metal roof. He is wearing a hat, cloth pants, belt with metal buckle, and a button-up long-sleeved shirt with collar and two pockets. A wooden sawhorse is partially visible on the right side of the image next to the dwelling. A man wearing a hat, long-sleeved shirt and pants is standing in the background next to a body of water.
Includes title panels Returning to camp -- are we friend or foe?; A nest at the edge of the crater; Far below, on the beach, live the sea lions; and Are you a relative of mine?
Includes title panels Shooting mountain sheep from an ambush; Only Aleuts can fish here; Climbing to the aery of an American eagle; Nearby dinner for young eagles; and A joker somewhere the rest never humped and rolled like this.
Field notes and drafts of Irene Finley's articles discussing animals encountered on the Finleys' trip to Alaska. Included are newspaper articles discussing the fur trade, native Alaskan culture, and increases in seal population.
Field notes of William Alakangas, the chief engineer of the "Westward", documenting a trip along the coast of British Columbia, May 2-19, 1926. Included is an article draft by Alakangas, "It's a scream, but no fair laughing $5,000,000.00 reward for a suitable title." The article discusses a trip along the coast of British Columbia and southern Alaska with a group, including Arthur Pack and William Finley, July-August 1931. Activities described include hunting porpoises, fishing for salmon, and collecting bird specimens.
Field notes from the Finleys' trip to the Pribilof Islands in Alaska. Included are drafts of Irene Finley's articles, "Off to Aleut land", "Lucy", and "Cuffy and Tuffy."
Manuscript that describes Mr. and Mrs. Finley's journey to some of the Alaskan islands, including the adoption of two cubs, Cuffy and Tuffy, and capturing whaling on film.
Newspaper clippings discussing honorary degrees awarded at Oregon State College commencement ceremony. Additional newspaper clippings discuss Finley's plans to photograph brown bears in Alaska and a Willamette River conservation group meeting.
Manuscript that explores the senseless killing of wild animals. Despite being a protected animal, a black bear mother and cub had been shot down. The author contends that black bears are the most human of wild animals in the Oregon woods. The author also describes characteristics of the bear and what it eats. The document goes on to say that there are people who simply enjoy being out in nature and can truly appreciate a wildlife sighting. However, due to hunters, those people are robbed of these experiences.
Arthur and Brownie Pack's field notes discussing their trip across the United States, including the southwest, Oregon, and Alaska, June 21-August 22, 1933. Arthur Pack was married to Brownie Pack (Eleanor Hibben) until 1935. Pack married Phoebe Finley in 1936.
Manuscript containing excerpts from "The bear and the boob." The document contains additional tales of interactions between people and bears at Yellowstone National Park.
Field notes discussing animals encountered on the Aleutian Islands, Kenai peninsula, and McKinley Park. Included is a draft of Irene Finley's article, "Seals."