A black-and-white photograph of a cluttered interior space. Shelves along the wall on both sides of a corner are packed with bottles, scraps of paper and fabirc, jars containing feathers, and other miscellaneous items. Several molds of human ears and a foot hang on the wall, and a length of rope with what appears to be a noose tied into it hangs from the ceiling., 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
A photograph showing the interior of a concrete building. The concrete walls appear old, rough and chipped. The paint on the window is peeling. There is light coming in from the window on the upper right corner of the photograph. There is also a wooden door on the left side., Debra De Wit; Shadows in Byre; justice building, Deborah DeWit was born in 1956 in Portland. Oregon. Four weeks after her birth, her mother returned with her to South America to re-join the rest of the family. She grew up traveling with her family and living in such places as the Philippines, New York, Minnesota, South Carolina, Florida, El Salvador, Colorado, Scotland and finally ended up in Portland in 1979. Photography was never a career choice and she entered Cornell University as an Agronomy major. After two years she decided to give her hobby, photography, more serious attention and moved to Colorado where her parents were living at the time. In order to finance her endeavors, she cheffed in restaurants for two years and in her spare time roamed the mountains outside Denver looking and experimenting with her camera. In 1978 she left for Scotland, where she worked on a farm, driving tractors, hoeing turnips and moving cattle from field to field. It was here that her real passion developed. The skies and the hills and the wildnes, Deborahdewitmarchant@verizon.net, http://www.dewit-marchant.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
A black-and-white photograph depicting a jumble of what appear to be sections from old tires., 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
A black-and-white photograph of two large, older people standing in front of an old car. The woman wears a floral- printed dress, stalkings that bunch at her ankles, black shoes, and thick glasses. The man wears a plaid shirt, overalls rolled up once at the bottom, and a hat while he holds a can of something labeled "Blitz.", http://boundless.uoregon.edu/digcol/gh/cloutiercoll.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
A black-and-white photograph depicting two young children, one male and one female, sitting side by side in front of a building. The boy, who is slightly younger than the girl, holds a mask cut from paper over part of his face while also grasping a camera in his lap. The girl next to him sits with one knee pulled to her chest while holding onto a mug., 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 is a long rectangular black and white photograph featuring a small wooden fishing platform built in front of large rock forms. Two long fishing poles, one tied to a piece of rock near the right corner of the photograph, extend over the flowing river below., Fishing Platform, http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/ohq/105.3/toedtemeier.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
A black-and-white photograph of a woman wearing striped shorts and a opposing striped tank top walking in front of a dilapidated mural that advertises Coca-Cola with a painting of a Victorian-era woman primly holding a fan and leaning against a pedestal containing a bottle of what must presumably be bottle of Coca-Cola., 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
A mixed media art rendering of a cityscape photograph. Acrylic and colored pencil were used to create a sketchy look and to make it more abstract. This is the first of two images of the same artwork. Irregularities between the pieces may reflect a difference in the source material., Cityscape #3; MaryAnn Johns; Photography: Infrared; Acrilics/pastels; 11 x 14 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
A black-and-white photograph showing a view through the living-room window from the porch of a white house. A white chair sits on the porch in front of the window., 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
A black-and-white photograph depicting a black cast-iron stove and a white bench inside an otherwise deserted white room., 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