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51. Horizons
Horizons
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This painting presents a nude human figure with longish black hair in profile. The figure stands against a backdrop of three bands of color: white at the top, light blue in the middle, and dark blue at the bottom., Michele Russo; Horizon; oil on canvas; 69 x 60.5 inches; 1991, 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: Regional Arts & Culture. You may view their website at http://www.racc.org/
52. Untitled Head (Yes)
Untitled Head (Yes)
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This piece presents a three-dimensional, black head and neck form. A mask of orange, red, and white paint covers the face. Thin, white vertical lines extend down the forhead, but they are contained by a horizontal bisector. Eyebrows are suggested by two rows alternating white dots. Another row of alternating, light orange dots bisects the area extending from the middle of the nose, and thin lines similar to the ones on the forehead extend down over the rest of the face. Two orange circles, bordered with alternating white and red dots and covered in thin white lines. The orange lips are outlined in red., Phyllis Yes; Untitled Head; 1989; mixed media; U of O Science Complex, http://www.lclark.edu/~yes/, 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/
53. Inverness
Inverness
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An acrylic painting of a landscape with yelllowed hills, In the foreground are a few cattail plants., Inverness; Douglas Campbell Smith; 1992; Public Service Building, http://www.campbellsmiths.com/index.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
54. 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; future lives; central mural; © 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/
55. View to Margie and Don's
View to Margie and Don's
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A watercolor and acrylic painting presenting a rooftop vista. The view is positioned from the perspective of standing either behind or under colorful trees. White roofs abound. One lone red roof is in the background. Different types of chimney caps are visable. The vibrant tree and leaf colors of yellow, green, purple, blue and magenta in the foreground evoke an autumn sense., View to Margie and Don's; Bill Kucha; E.O.C.I.; 28 x 42 inches; watercolor and acrylic, http://www.kucha.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/
56. Winter #16-20
Winter #16-20
Description
This piece is one of four seasonally-related collagraph prints. Blue and pink textured paper with white dotted lines are featured throughout the piece. One blue triangle is on the left side and one translucent triangle is situated on the right side. In the middle on the left side is a black and white abstract image., Four Seasons Winter; #16-20; 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
57. Three Hearts
Three Hearts
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Three hearts, presented at skewed angles with differing patterns occupy the center, white space in this piece. The peripheral is filled with layers of pattern and color., Three Hearts; James T. Mattingly; 2 acrylic on taveck; 32.75 x 42.75 inches; 7/88, http://www.zeekgallery.com/dynamic/exhibit_artist.asp?ExhibitID=11, 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
58. Ritual Vessel with Instructions
Ritual Vessel with Instructions
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An abstract acylic painting utilizing various brush strokes in multiple colors, mostly warm toned colors, with cool colors near the bottom of the piece. The only defined object seems to be a blue teacup with a handle on top of a black abstract object., Barbara Black; acrylic on canvas; 30x30 inches; ritual vessel with instructions, I am drawn to painting to try to make discoveries about the reconcilliation of opposities on a variety of levels: representation and abstraction; light and dark; matter and spirit, etc. At present elements such as vessels, cloth, water, islands interest me for their metaphorical possibilities when placed in a context of a more abstract expressionist emphasis of surface, color and gesture. My works frequently contain a rather precisely painted image (still life or landscape) placed in surroundings that become more abstract, as if the images had coalesced out of the matrix of color and brushwork. This juxtaposition calls attention to the way in which the brushstrokes, so full of their own identity and movement in the more abstract passages, can cohere and combine to call up an image or specific presensce, creating a precarious balance between these two functions of the paint. (Black, 1987), 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
59. Big Bucks in Art
Big Bucks in Art
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A busy, colorful rendition that relies on figurative and literal layering to convey meaning to the viewer., Jack Portland; big bucks in art; 1979; oil and acrylic on canvas, Jack Portland graduated from the Pacific Northwest College of Art in 1971 and has worked in a variety of media, most recently fresco. His interest in fresco comes from frequent trips to Italy and a summer fresco project he worked on at the Academic Caerit, http://www.laurarusso.com/artists/portland.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
60. Fifty-Six Studebaker
Fifty-Six Studebaker
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A photo-realistic rendering of a classic car parked in the shade of a large tree. Several other classic cars and a group of people stand in the background of what appears to be a residential neighborhood., state capital vol II, http://lannylittle.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
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