This abstracted scene presents a green human form dressed in a maroon hat, an orange shirt and light blue tie, and dark blue pants. The figures stands before a strange tree that emits black-and-white striped vines. The figure holds onto one of the vines. The context of the scene is rendered mostly in blue and green patterns with a varigated yellow sky., Dick Ibach; Daniel's Tree; acrylic on canvas; 36 x 48 inches, http://www.lorindaknight.com/artist_resume.asp?id=106, 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/
A realistic rendering of what appears to be the underside of a bridge structure. The background contains an additional architectural structure that also appears to be a bridge of some sort., 1980, 3'x3'; Acrylic on Canvas, 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 investigation into the transfer of energy through light and media application techniques., Bloedel, Joan Ross; shimmer stacks; paint pastel pencil; 30x44 inches; 1980; collection Oregon State Printing Plant; Salem Oregon, At the time of this award, Joan Stuart Ross was known as Joan Ross Bloedel. She has been a full-time faculty member at North Seattle Community College since 1996. Her primary love is printmaking. She is well known for her monotypes but is well versed in all other print media. Ross has a BFA and an MFA in painting. She has shown frequently in the Seattle and Portland galleries and has exhibited nationally and internationally. Ross has taught many workshops in printmaking, encaustic painting, as well as other creative techniques. She is an active member of several art organizations and is also known for her poetry., jross@sccd.ctc.edu, http://www.seattleprintarts.org/memberspgs/jsr/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
A painted view out a window that looks onto a collection of outdoor plants and trees. A dwelling is obscured in the background by a shrub of some sort and a section of white latticework., View to Walters; Acrylic w/c; 34x36 inches, 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: Regional Arts & Culture. You may view their website at http://www.racc.org/
For the commission Green has created the painting "Rainbow in Curved Air/Skies of the Barking Foxes," painted with acrylic paint on birch panels. It is a tromp l'oeil painted carved wood relief with photo-real sky elements., (1996 press release from Oregon Economic Development Department, Salem, OR) George Green has, for the past twenty years, been a leader in the development of new forms of tromp l'oeil illusionism (painting with photographically realistic detail). Green has had over 50 national and international solo exhibitions and is represented in 44 museum collections including the Guggenheim Museum, the Chicago Art Institute, The Denver Art Museum, the Los Angeles County Museum, and the Detroit Institute of the Arts. He has been represented by the Meyerson Nowinski Gallery in Seattle, and the Louis K. Meisel Gallery in New York City. George Green was born in Portland, Oregon in 1943., 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: Mid-Valley Arts
Unfortunately, we currently do not have an image of this artwork. The Oregon State University Valley Library, building site for the piece, offers a website where it can be viewed, along with Grumm's artist statement: http://osulibrary.orst.edu/libraries_and_collection The painting presents three distinct sections. The top layer consists of a textured red, the middle layer contains what appears to be power lines against a stormy sky, and the bottom layer contains repeated red forms that resemble a portly, genderless human with it's arms and legs outstretched over a neutral background. In the foreground, intersecting all three sections stands a water tower., http://artscenecal.com/ArtistsFiles/GrummT/TGrumm.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/
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., Lanny Little; west line; 56 studebaker; state cap v 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
This impressionistic painting depicts a person sitting with his/her elbow resting on his/her knee, which in turn, supports his/her head. The color palette used is mostly a warm one, with subtle accents of blue and purple., http://www.froelickgallery.com/Artist-Detail.cfm?ArtistsID=243, 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/
The painting presents what appears to be a view of a port establishment from the water, as if approaching from shore from a boat or ship. The color palette consists of muted neutral tones, grays, blacks, and whites, along with accents of red., http://artscenecal.com/ArtistsFiles/GrummT/TGrumm.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/
A very bold and colorfol acrylic painting of people walking down a street with shops on the left side, and a street with cars on the right side. The people seem to be all grouped together, sort of in the middle of the art piece as if they are waiting to cross the street., Acrylic on canvas; 20 x 27 inches; replacement for stolen piece, 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/