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111. Future Lives
Future Lives
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This mural is composed of at least five distinct sections. When read from left to right, the piece repeats a circular motif whose form oscillates between the representation of natural settings and abstract, possibly psychological spaces., detail; central mural; future lives; © 1990 Don Gray, http://www.dongraystudio.com/, 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/
112. Passim
Passim
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This abstract and thickly painted piece relies on a division of space created by the defintion of a square within a square to frame the view of two stretched oval forms, presented one above the other on the diagonal of the inner square. The one on the top is bright yellow, the other is white, and both are outlined with thick black strokes. The outer square forms a border around the inner one with various linear, geometric patterning., Passism; Lucinda Parker; acrylic on canvas; 24 x 24 inches; 1988; $650, Lucinda Parker received her M.F.A. from the Pratt Institute in New York in 1968 and started work as a professor at the Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland in 1974. Her work has been exhibited in numerous one-person shows throughout the west as well as several exhibitions nationally, including the David Findly Gallery and Sue Ellen Haber Gallery in New York, the Seattle Art Museum, the Corcoran Gallery in D.C., and the First Western States Biennial, that traveled to San Francisco, Denver, and Washington D.C. Lucinda Parker's public commissions can be seen in Portland: "Riversong" for the Oregon Convention Center, "Talking Leaves" for the Multnomah Co. Midland Library, and "City Rose & Rose City" for the renovated Portland City Hall. The Portland Art Museum honored her with a mid-career retrospective in 1995.<br>http://www.pnca.edu/exposure/stories/18/embodying-exuberance, http://www.arcticrefugeart.org/parker/par_vita.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
113. Working Out
Working Out
Description
A visual design consisting of eleven separate six-by-six foot panels--each reflecting different sporting activities, and all created with acrylic paint, charcoal and color conte. Each panel is constructed of ¼ inch birch plywood backed and supported by a one-by-two-inch fir framework., Clint Brown; Working Out; Installation: OSU Dixon Rec. Center; 2011, Clint Brown has been a professor of art at Oregon State University, where he has taught drawing, painting, and sculpture since 1970. He served as a Fulbright Exchange Professor at Trent Polytechnic (now Nottingham Trent University) in Nottingham, England, and has taught art as Seattle Pacific University and University of Southern California. He is author of Drawing from Life (Harcourt Brace, second edition 1996) and editor of Artist to Artist: Inspiration and Advice from Artists Past and Present (Jackson Creek Press 1998). His art work had been exhibited widely throughout the West. His drawings on the AIDS pandemic, The Plague Drawings, traveled to Japan,, http://www.clintbrownartist.com/, 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/
114. Ottos on the Green
Ottos on the Green
Description
This composition, presented on a green background, is split into four discrete rows with blue lines. Each row contains various renderings of what appear to be mechanized devices or robots, presented in varying shades of green, yellow, orange, and red., Jack McLarty has lived most of his life in Portland, Oregon. His family moved to Portland from Seattle in 1921. After attending the Museum Art School, he left Portland in 1940 to study at the American Artists School in New York. At the end of two years, McLarty decided New York did not suit him as a permanent home and returned to Portland. By 1945 he had reconnected with the Museum Art School accepting a teaching fellowship in lithography. He joined the regular faculty in 1947. McLarty and his wife, Barbara, opened the Image Gallery in 1961. (online biography obtained from Preservation of Oregon's Artistic Heritage–A Production of the Salem Art Association.) Other biography information available at http://www.pnca.edu/exposure/stories/139/jack-mclarty-40, http://www.poahonline.org/bio_mclarty.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
115. Double Focus/Triple Vision
Double Focus/Triple Vision
Description
An acrylic painting of a city's nightlife hours. Only one lamp illuminates the outside. The other lights eminate from the inside of what appears to be restaurants. There is a stop sign on the left side of the piece, and a curvy faceless woman in a turquoise colored dress walking towards the viewer., Acrylic on canvas; 32 x 38 inches, 1990, http://www.juliaoreilly.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/
116. Strivings
Strivings
Description
According to the artist, "Strivings" represents the desire to achieve success. This view adds presentation and context to the image., N. Cushwa-Blake; strivings; st print pl; 33x25 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
117. Ruby Wind
Ruby Wind
Description
The color choice and order of application in this abstract painting suggest a landscape scene. Thick brush strokes describe dark blue that gives way to an aqua tone, which then gives way to ochres and browns., Ruby Wind; Acrylic on wood; (18 x 20 inches); [no.] 5, 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: Linn-Benton Arts. You may view their website at: http://www.artcentric.org/
118. Celebration
Celebration
Description
Five cutout relief forms that resemble the human form in motion, presented across the length of a wall in yellow, purple, green, and black., Barry Pelzner; 1992; celebration detail; 60x600x4 inches; acrylic; pvc, http://pnca.edu/programs/bfa/faculty.php, bpelzner@pnca.edu, http://www.froelickgallery.com/Artist-Detail.cfm?ArtistsID=248, 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
119. Celebration
Celebration
Description
Five cutout relief forms that resemble the human form in motion, presented across the length of a wall in yellow, purple, green, and black., Barry Pelzner; 1992; celebration detail; 60x600x4 inches; acrylic; pvc, http://pnca.edu/programs/bfa/faculty.php, bpelzner@pnca.edu, http://www.froelickgallery.com/Artist-Detail.cfm?ArtistsID=248, 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
120. Silver Creek 584 (305)
Silver Creek 584 (305)
Description
An abstract acrylic painting featuring different shades of blues with a few orange streaks., Silver Creek Series 584 (305); acrylic on canvas; (41 x 60.75 inches); '88; MorC97051621, Morris was a realist painter who moved into the world of abstract expressionism later in his life., http://www.usbr.gov/museumproperty/art/biomorri.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 at: http://www.artcentric.org/
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