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101. Summer #1-5,
Summer #1-5,
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This piece is one of four seasonally-related collagraph prints. Yellow and Orange textured paper with black dotted lines permeate the piece. One red triangle is on the left side along with a piece of pink on the left. In the middle on the left side is a black and white abstract image., Four Seasons Summer; # 1-5; 1991; 30x40 inches; collagraph print with mixed media; James B. Thompson, (1996) James Thompson was born in Chicago, Il. He attended Ripon College, receiving a BA in Art/Art History and MFA from Washington University, School of Fine Arts, St. Louis, MO. He taught at Ripon College, University of Alaska and has been a Professor of, 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
102. Butterfly World and Gates
Butterfly World and Gates
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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/
103. Sea Change
Sea Change
Description
An acrylic painting of a green and blue seascape, below a sky in various shades of brown., Kay French; Sea Change; acrylic on wood; 14x27 inches, Kay French grew up in the Midwest which perhaps explains her fascination with storms and flat land. She moved to Portland in 1977. Kay has a degree in art history from Kent State University and a degree in painting from the Pacific Northwest College of Art. Her work has been exhibited in various shows in regional galleries and museums. She was awarded a WESTAF/NEA Regional Fellowship for Visual Artists in Painting in 1994. She has also been represented by the Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery in Portland, OR. (Oregon Arts Commission), http://pulliamdeffenbaugh.com/Artist-Detail.cfm?ArtistsID=162, 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
104. Held Over
Held Over
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A geometric abstraction depicting a reddish-brown rectangle extending upward from the bottom of the picture plane. Contained within this rectangle are two black rectangles with two skinnier yellow rectangles intersecting them and extending upward beyond the reddish-brown rectangle. The background is comprised of gradated earthtones that move from light to dark, top to bottom., Ann G. Johnson; Held Over; acrylic on screen; PSU-Smith Center, 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/
105. Untitled (Stotik)
Untitled (Stotik)
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This piece depicts two men wearing what appears to be medieval garb and wielding an ax and a sickle amogst a green field filled with branched forms lacking leaves. Two trees and a blue sky occupy the background., http://www.aronpacker.com/stotik/stotik.html, 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/
106. Two Kiln Gates
Two Kiln Gates
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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/
107. Untitled diptych
Untitled diptych
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A gray monochrome expression of linear pattern., Bill Hoppe; Untitled Diptych; state capital, whoppe@cocc.edu, http://whoppe.cocc.edu/, 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
108. Landscape with Orange Tree
Landscape with Orange Tree
Description
An acrylic painting of a autumn landscape. The deciduous trees vary in colors of red, orange, and green against a light blue sky. The grass in the foreground is light brown with orange and yellow tints., Mark Clarke; Landscape; justice, http://zeekgallery.com/exhibits/clarke.htm, 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
109. Something to Say
Something to Say
Description
This painting depicts two geometrically composed human figures with white, faceless heads. The figures also appear to wear large, white boots. The figure on the left extends one arm and kicks on leg behind while the figure on the right appears to be striding in the same direction as the other figure. The background is split in half, white on top and gray on the bottom., Michele Russo; Something to Say; U of O Science Complex, Michele Russo was born in Waterbury, Connecticut in 1909. In 1930, he enrolled at Yale University and received a B.F.A. degree in painting in 1934. During the depression years he was employed at a muralist through a Works Progress Administration project and in this capacity executed murals in several Connecticut schools. In 1937, Russo left Connecticut to accept a fellowship to study with Boardman Robinson and George Biddle at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado for one year. During the next ten years he was a social activist and worked for the Federal Education project in Connecticut. In the fall of 1947, Russo moved to Portland and was hired by the Museum Art School the following year to teach painting and art history, remaining on the staff until he retired in 1974. During his tenure at the Museum Art School he became known as Portland's most articulate voice of artists' political, social and artistic rights. In the 1950's, along with friends, he started a co-op op professional artists called Artists Equity. In recent years Russo has been active in various organizations to make art a more visible part of the cultural life in the Northwest; he was one of the original founders of the Portland Center for the Visual Arts. In 1975, he was Chairman of the Oregon Committee for Art in Public Places. In 1977, he was appointed to the Metropolitan Arts Commission; the first artists so honored. (Unknown, 1995), http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/oralhistories/transcripts/russo83.htm; http://www.laurarusso.com/artists/russo.html, 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/
110. Same Old Forest Blues
Same Old Forest Blues
Description
This view presents context for George Green's painted construction that employs paint to dimensionally break the confines of a rectangular frame. Thick swirls of blue, white, and pink define an interior, geometric space rendered in gold, dark blue, red, and yellow as well as thin, black lines., George Green; Some Old Forest Blues; U. of OR Sci. Complex II, http://www.bernarduccimeisel.com/artistImages.php?id_artist=8, 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/
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