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131. Valley of Time
Valley of Time
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This abstract piece combines contiguous, irregular forms rendered in blues, greens, oranges, and purples. Thin, red and purple lines create continuity across the composition., Frederick Heidel; Valley of Time; mixed media on paper; 47x37 inches; 1994; HeiF94092914, Former chairman of the art & architecture department and professor of art at Portland State University for over 25 years, Frederick Heidel is well known and respected for his work in glass and acrylic paintings. Throughout his career, Heidel has exhibited widely including major shows at the San Francisco Museum of Art, Portland Art Museum, University of Oregon Art Museum, Smith/Anderson Gallery, Palo Alto, CA and Glasgalene Kuhler, Amsterdam, Holland. The artist has also been awarded numerous commissions and is included in many public and private collections. A painter, Heidel began working in glass in 1967 after receiving a Chapelbrook Foundation Grant to work in the glass factories in Holland. Since that time, the artist has traveled to the studios of Glassobjekte Van Tetterode to execute glass sculpture from drawings he has prepared in his Portland studio. The exploration of this medium has lead Heidel to create sculpture of painted light and the nuances of the colorful laminated glass harkens to the painterly and fluid surfaces of his paintings. Heidel's works on paper reflect the translucent quality of his glass sculpture. (Unknown, 1991), http://www.laurarusso.com/artists/heidel.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/
132. Cornucopia
Cornucopia
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This piece consists of a gold, inverted cornucopia shape that is suspended from the ceiling and a round, inlaid piece in the floor that relates to what appears to be representation of items that might be found in the cornucopia., Clark Wiegman; cornucopia, http://artifacture.org/, 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
133. Blue River
Blue River
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Blue River is an abstract mixed media collage. The use of squares and triangular shapes interlaced with turquoise and orange provide a mystical feel to the piece., James B Thompson; Blue River; Mixed Media; executive office building, (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, jthompso@willamette.edu, 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
134. Homunculus
Homunculus
Description
A mixed media art piece featuring three glass containers, one holding half of a moon, the middle one holding a man above a curled up snake, and the other one holding a sun. There are handwriten words in black ink at the top of the piece., Homunculus; 1997; mixed media on paper; (15 x 15 inches), My recent works on paper are inspired by alchemical manuscripts. The alchemists documented their labors in enigmatic texts in which chemical procedures, cosmology and myths are woven together into fantastic allegories. Similarly in my paintings I use imagery of birds, beasts, plants and minerals as symbols of the process of transformation, As an artist I view alchemy as a metaphor for the creative process in which there is progressive transformation and refinement of materials, imagery and ultimately consciousness. In alchemy and art alike the creative imagination is the vital agent of change. The alchemists described their labors as an "art". Like the alchemist I attempt to use physical processes as a mirror of inner experience. The materials become "transmuted" from their initially inert state through creative and chaotic struggle into a new synthesis. In my painting I use physical processes of dissolution, evaporation, heat and gravity which remind me of the alchemist's use of the elements of water, air, fire and earth. Humor is an important element of my work. Likewise humor and paradox were not unknown to the alchemist. The texts abound with cryptic riddles meant to befuddle the literal-minded and catalyze intuitive insight. Hermes, the Greek god of wisdom, was the patron of alchemists and also the trickster who could lead his followers on a search to find "fools gold". Anyone who embarks on a potentially quixotic search to find the elixir of immortality should have plenty of humor and humility to sustain themselves! The homunculus, a human-like creature nurtured in a glass vessel was reputed to have been created in the alchemical laboratory. In the novel "Frankenstein" the renegade doctor studies the writings of Paracelsus, the swiss alchemist, before creating his monster. I see the homunculus as a metaphor for modem technology with all its wonders and potential horrors. The series of "Homunculus" sculptures which utilize remnants of household appliances and found objects explores this theme in a whimsical fashion. The alchemist searched for the "gold of the philosophers"-philosophical wisdom. In their pursuit of nature's secrets they combined scientific experimentation with a mystical quest for illumination. Their holistic view of the universe viewed matter and consciousness as a continuum, anticipating recent developments in physics. Alchemy is the ancestor of modem science; perhaps there is something that can be learned from its legacy? I am inspired artistically by the beauty of the texts and their insights into the mysteries of creation. Hopefully my own fanciful creations convey something of the spirit of that tradition. (Nez, 1998), http://www.augengallery.com/Artists/nez.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/
135. Slough Creek
Slough Creek
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An acrylic emulsion of a creek surrounded by tall trees. The trees and lake are in different shades of green. The mountains in the background are blue and purple., Hugh Webb; Slough Creek; 22x30 inches; 1994; acrylic over gold leaf on paper, 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/
136. Two Can Birdwing Fan
Two Can Birdwing Fan
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A large tucan head seemingly carved in the shape of a wing. The tucan has a large black eye with a blue iris and a large yellow, red, blue, and black beak. Inside the tucan's mouth are two silver cans., 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
137. Fanfare
Fanfare
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A paper relief sculpture that utilizes paper in blue, gray, and neutral tones. Small squares presented in a grid format comprise the piece, and different modes of origami create visual interest. Colored bits of what appear to be confetti-like material add color. The lower right-hand quadrant includes squares of silver grid pieces., Paper Relief Sculpture, 30 x 29 inches, Fanfare, Nexus © 1985, Nexus is a design group specializing in textile collaboration, including works in paper. 1986 group members include Susanna Campbell Kuo, Marie Lyman and Alice Van Leunen.<br>The paper relief sculptures are based on traditional Japanese origami., 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
138. Gold Twist
Gold Twist
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According to the artist, Gold Twist represents the sun's reflection off of bright surfaces. Image shows handmade paper and goldleafing., Kati cassida; gold twist; handmade paper; woodcut; applied gold leaf, ddekalb@steelgallery.com, http://members.aol.com/kcasida/, 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
139. detail view no. 7
detail view no. 7
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This view presents a detailed section of the mural, The Bridge of the Gods., Brockmann and Bond; Detail: Bridge of the Gods- Mural; kiln-cast glass, fused glass, colored cement; 1992; Portland State Office Bldg., Portland, OR, http://www.holstengalleries.com/artists/show/brockmann-4, 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/
140. Untitled (Cruson)
Untitled (Cruson)
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A series of five panel paintings depicting variations upon the theme of migratory waterfowl combined with cloud shapes and sweeping, arching lines., Untitled; John Jay Cruson; mixed media on wood; 5 x 5 feet; 1979; Pendelton Cafeteria State Office Building, Jon Jay Cruson is a N.W. artist who grinds, draws, etches, and pulls his own prints from the lithographic stone - on a hand cranked late 1800's press. He is one of the few lithographic printmakers that has his own studio - and does the complete printing process by himself. He is also noted on the West Coast for his paintings. (Unknown, 1987), http://www.wlotus.com/JonJayCruson/default.htm, The Oregon Arts Commission has nine 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/
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