View of the top of a building with a gray sculpture on it. The gray sculpture looks to be a kite, with a wavy tail. The sculpture 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/
A close-up view of a kite sculpture with a wavy tail. The kite is blue with yellow, black and pink shapes. The tail of the kite is wavy. 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/
This sculpture presents a densely packed school of zebra fish., www.waynechabre.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/
A mixed media three dimensional piece in a rectangular shape. The back portion of it looks to be of wood and is green, while the front portion is a white color, and very textured., Pillar of the Sea; 1996; Copper, Eggshell, Wood, Casein; (56 x 11 x 6 inches), http://www.highlands-gallery.com/About__The_Artists_About_Martha_Wehrle2.cfm, 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
This heavily patinaed sculptural form consists of a rectangular base that supports an inverted trapezoidal form ornamented with three unique groupings of symbols where the longer sides of the trapezoid depict different images and the shorter sides depict the same images. In this contextual view from the north side, two of the four sides are visible. The longer side depicts an eye form in the center, surrouned by a fish form, what appears to be a beaver form, and a bird form. The shorter side presents an eye form with two hands below it., The Guardian; Mark Sponenburgh; cast bronze; Veterinary Hosp. (OSU), "To Sponenburgh, art and nature glorify one another. Their relationship has marked his sculpture over the decades, in his animals and natural phenomena - the mounds of a cumulus cloud, the arc of a wave and the frosty dignity of an owl carved from Douglas fir - that some think will be his enduring legacy." (Data provided by Abby Haight at oregonlive.com.), For an article on this artist, please view: http://blog.oregonlive.com/oregonianspecial/2007/06/a_giant_of_a_sculptor_saves_hi.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, ArtCentric, at http://www.artcentric.org/
James Clerk Maxwell is depicted here and the 'demon' is a self-portrait of the artist Wayne Chabre (Teague, 2004)., www.waynechabre.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/
View of the top of a building with a yellow sculpture on it. The yellow sculpture looks to be a kite, with a wavy tail. The sculpture 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/
A close-up view of a kite sculpture with a wavy tail. The kite is yellow with red and blue shapes. 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/
This sculpture presents a bust of a light-hearted Albert Einstein with his tongue sticking out., Wayne Chabre; Einstein Gargoyle; U. of O. Physics Bld.; copper/patina; 30 x 18 x 18 inches; 1986, www.waynechabre.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/
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