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121. Held Over
Held Over
Description
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; psu smith center; acrylic on screen, 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/
122. Orange Hat
Orange Hat
Description
An orange brimmed hat with a black thick band above the brim. The hat is untethered. There are straight lines cutting through the entire piece segmenting the colors into different geometric shapes., 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: Linn-Benton Arts. You may view their website at: http://www.artcentric.org/
123. Original Inclination
Original Inclination
Description
This impressionistic painting depicts the silhouette of a dog among a mostly warm background accented in pale blue., 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/
124. Building
Building
Description
A colorful rendering of what appears to be an architecture-inspired composition. Varying shades of blue and purple as well as reddish-orange, green, and yellow define geometric shapes that comprise the piece. Variations between duplicate images directly relate to original source materials., 36"x48"; acrylic on canvas, http://www.froelickgallery.com/Artist-Detail.cfm?ArtistsID=228, 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
125. Future Lives
Future Lives
Description
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., Future Lives; acrylic on board; 7ft6in x 28ft1.5in; 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/
126. Umatilla Landscape II
Umatilla Landscape II
Description
A stylized landscape rendering depicting rolling agriculutral land, presented in yellow, brown, and green under a blue sky dotted with white clouds., Shull 80 sold; acrylic on linen; 4feet6inches x 5 feet; unmatilla II, http://ghc.ctc.edu/library/archives/2007Winter/shullstatement.htm, 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/
127. Sea Train
Sea Train
Description
A depiction of bright, multicolored strips of material that seem to hang over some sort of gray and white structure., George Green; State Capitol, (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
128. Blue-Violet Log Cabin
Blue-Violet Log Cabin
Description
This painting consists of a 4 x 4 grid pattern rendered mostly in cool tones and accented with a peachy color. The sections of the grid contain repetative, concentric elements of squares. When viewed as a whole, the grid also conveys an additional blue, diagonal pattern., C.J. Cole; Blue-violet Log Cabin Pattern; 28x28 inches; acrylic on paper; ohsu medical records, (1986) Carolyn Cole is a painter and sculptor originally from Portland, Oregon, now residing in New yrok City. She worked extensively on handmade, cast paper paintings from 1978 to 1985. This painting, from 1984, is from her American Quilt series., 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/
129. 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; 2013, 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/
130. Two Kiln Gates
Two Kiln Gates
Description
A red, metal gate that linearly defines a butterfly around a central axis point, which doubles as the fulcrum for the gate., 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/
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