Three circles, arranged tightly together from left to right, contain the image of an iris variously intersected by a series of lines. The irises' colors shift from left to right: the left one is a reddish-orange, the middle is a shade of mauve, and the right one is a purplish color. The intersecting lines are slightly different in each circle as well., November, 1980; Painted & dyed canvas trapunto quilt, 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 woven piece that presents a geometric pattern of squares and rectangles over a subltely integrated plaid of blue, purple, and yellow. The squares and rectangles are presented in a gradation from yellow to red, and the sqaures form a diagonal from the bottom left to the top right. The rectangles vary in size to accomodate the space between each square and the top/bottom edge of the piece. The artist has also woven her initials, place, and date into the bottom of the piece., 1979; Weaving; 39""x57"", Judith Poxson Fawkes, a resident of Portland, Oregon, is a graduate of Cranbrook Academy of Art. She taught weaving at four institutions of higher education, most recently at Lewis and Clark College, Portland. Her fifty-six commissions hang in such diverse locations as a Federal courthouse, hospitals, university and school buildings, corporations and businesses, a Royal Caribbean Cruise ship, residences in Saudi Arabia and Paris, and in a jail lobby. Sixty-three tapestries are in public collections. She is a recipient of a WESTAF/NEA Regional Fellowship for Visual Artists, an Individual Artists' Fellowship from the Oregon Art Commission and a Crafts Fellowship from the National Endowment of the Arts. She has written a book entitled "Weaving a Chronicle," described as a visual and written catalog by a working tapestry weaver. Forty-six tapestries, pictured in color, are accompanied by adjacent text describing the reasons for each work's creation. Stories of the tapestries revisit commissions and exhibitions. Each tapestry represents seminal ideas in one of six series. The tapestries contribute to the chronicle of how ideas are conceived and executed-- adding to the history of American art and craft, and to the definition of contemporary tapestry. (details provided by artist, 2008), jpfawkes@earthlink.net, http://www.laurarusso.com/artists/fawkes_jp.html <br>For additional information about the artist, see http://www.lindahodgesgallery.com/artists/poxson_fawkes.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
This tapestry piece depicts a topographical map of the state of Oregon, surrounded by miscellaneous flora above and below. Also, above the representation of the state, there is a circular mosaic form. The map is executed in green, yellow, and brown, while the rest of the composition is done in pastel blues, greens, oranges, and purples., Oregon sunrise: new dawn of retirement ; J Poxson Fawkes ; 15' H. x 8' W. 1997, Judith Poxson Fawkes, a resident of Portland, Oregon, is a graduate of Cranbrook Academy of Art. She taught weaving at four institutions of higher education, most recently at Lewis and Clark College, Portland. Her fifty-six commissions hang in such diverse locations as a Federal courthouse, hospitals, university and school buildings, corporations and businesses, a Royal Caribbean Cruise ship, residences in Saudi Arabia and Paris, and in a jail lobby. Sixty-three tapestries are in public collections. She is a recipient of a WESTAF/NEA Regional Fellowship for Visual Artists, an Individual Artists' Fellowship from the Oregon Art Commission and a Crafts Fellowship from the National Endowment of the Arts. She has written a book entitled "Weaving a Chronicle," described as a visual and written catalog by a working tapestry weaver. Forty-six tapestries, pictured in color, are accompanied by adjacent text describing the reasons for each work's creation. Stories of the tapestries revisit commissions and exhibitions. Each tapestry represents seminal ideas in one of six series. The tapestries contribute to the chronicle of how ideas are conceived and executed-- adding to the history of American art and craft, and to the definition of contemporary tapestry. (details provided by artist, 2008), jpfawkes@earthlink.net, http://www.laurarusso.com/artists/fawkes_jp.html <br>For additional information about the artist, see http://www.lindahodgesgallery.com/artists/poxson_fawkes.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/
A detail view of translucent banners that resemble leaf forms. Translucent material and red, blue, and pink material push and pull for the definition of positive and negative space., Unleased Rhythm; Hall Sky Light; Beaverton Oregon; Each: 24""H; Nylon; Louise Kodis 2000, 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/
This textile piece consists of four vertical banners adorned with shapes that resemble leaves attached to vines moving up the banners. The leaf forms are rendered in blue, purple, and red, while the rest of the banners are translucent., Unleased Rhythm; Lobby Capital Center; Beaverton Oregon; Each: 48"H x 12"W; Nylon; Louise Kodis 2000, 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/
This multicolored tapestry presents a circular mosaic that depicts a montage of items that seem to represent civilized advancement, including a boat, a shovel, a graduate's cap, scales, a stethoscope, a saw, a series of telephone poles, books, a cross-cut saw, a hammer, paint brushes, a level, and a computer., The pers beacon; 5 feet square; J Poxson Fawkes, Judith Poxson Fawkes, a resident of Portland, Oregon, is a graduate of Cranbrook Academy of Art. She taught weaving at four institutions of higher education, most recently at Lewis and Clark College, Portland. Her fifty-six commissions hang in such diverse locations as a Federal courthouse, hospitals, university and school buildings, corporations and businesses, a Royal Caribbean Cruise ship, residences in Saudi Arabia and Paris, and in a jail lobby. Sixty-three tapestries are in public collections. She is a recipient of a WESTAF/NEA Regional Fellowship for Visual Artists, an Individual Artists' Fellowship from the Oregon Art Commission and a Crafts Fellowship from the National Endowment of the Arts. She has written a book entitled "Weaving a Chronicle," described as a visual and written catalog by a working tapestry weaver. Forty-six tapestries, pictured in color, are accompanied by adjacent text describing the reasons for each work's creation. Stories of the tapestries revisit commissions and exhibitions. Each tapestry represents seminal ideas in one of six series. The tapestries contribute to the chronicle of how ideas are conceived and executed-- adding to the history of American art and craft, and to the definition of contemporary tapestry. (details provided by artist, 2008), jpfawkes@earthlink.net, http://www.laurarusso.com/artists/fawkes_jp.html <br>For additional information about the artist, see http://www.lindahodgesgallery.com/artists/poxson_fawkes.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/
A detail view of the blue, purple, and red leaf forms that move up vertical, translucent banners., Unleased Rhythm; Lobby Capital Center; Beaverton Oregon; Each: 48""H x 12""W; Nylon; Louise Kodis 2000, 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/
This view presents a detail of a quilted wall piece that depicts three sections of Native American symbolism within geometric patterning., Marilyn A. Fashbaugh; 2116 NW Pine Crest Way Waldport OR 97394, http://www.americanartco.com/page.aspx?cid=207&id=306, The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Arts Council of Southern Oregon. You may view their website at http://www.artscouncilso.org/
This quilted wall piece presents three sections of Native American symbolism within geometric patterning., Marilyn A. Fashbaugh; 2116 NW Pine Crest Way Waldport OR 97394; Buffalo Sing, http://www.americanartco.com/page.aspx?cid=207&id=306, The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Arts Council of Southern Oregon. You may view their website at http://www.artscouncilso.org/
A Middle Eastern rug design executed over the top of a newspaper collage., Sidonie Caron 1981; a.f. ghan; mixed media; 5x4 feet, For more information and images, please view: http://www.studiodonatello.com/Sidonie%20Caron.htm, The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Arts Council of Southern Oregon. You may view their website at http://www.artscouncilso.org/