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1. Dreaming - Alligator to Zephyr

Description: A print exhibiting a wide variety of animals and objects of various sizes, all of which surroundi a sleeping girl. The girl has a braid in her hair, and only the top half of her is sketched on the art piece. The objects and animals may be the focus of the girl's dream., Nov. 1987 dupe; photocraft inc; sheryl funkhouser; dreaming - alligator to zephyr; etching; 1985, http://www.luciadouglas.com/artists/artists_list/funkhouser.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

2. Sea Air

Description: A black/blue, white and brown hued art piece with two themes. First, there is a sea life theme, exhibiting two very large fish, along with some other sea creatures and seaweed. The other theme is a residential type theme showing two brown apartment buildings set against a sky with clouds, a triangle, multiple circles, and birds., Dyann Alkire; etching; handcolored with watercolor; sea air; 20x25 inches; 1986, I like etching because I like to draw. Things such as deep sea life, insects, birds, fish, and architectural structures appeal to me, and I combine them in my compositions. Each piece has a certain theme that just evolves as I work on the plate, rather than having a set idea from the beginning. (Alkire, 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

3. Warm Sky

Description: An abstract landscape print with a very vivid sky. The sky seems to be the main focus, with the numerous amounts of clouds going off into the distance and a yellow/orange coloring to the horizon., Cie Goulet; warm sky; 1987; monoprint; 26x33 inches; dot materials lab, Cie Goulet is well known for her energetic paintings of the Oregon landscape. Her dramatic color and light is further enhanced by the use of black as a base color (monotypes on black paper). Cie Goulet attended San Francisco Art Institute, Parsons School of Design and graduated from the University of Oregon in 1965, where she studied under the late Jack Wilkinson. In the last twenty years the artist has exhibited in various areas of the U.S. including: Tamasulo Gallery, Cranford, NJ; Louis Meisel Gallery, NY; Artists Space, NY as well as one person exhibitions at Lynn McAllister Gallery, Seattle, WA; Salishan Lodge, Gen Eden, OR; River Run Gallery, Ketchum, ID and the Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR. Cie Goulet exhibited her work in the exhibition "First Impressions: Northwest Monotypes" at the Seattle Art Museum, WA which then traveled to the Marylhurst College, Art Gym Gallery. (Unknown, 1991), http://www.laurarusso.com/artists/goulet.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

4. Landscape without Words

Description: An abstract art piece primarily composed of different shaded green brush strokes. There are brush strokes of yellow, black, two of blue, and one of red. The top and bottom of the piece are blue rectangles with some strokes from the middle stretching along the length of the canvas., Myrna Burks; landscape without words; gouache on paper; 29x20.5 inches; materials lab, myrnaburks@earthlink.net, http://www.myrnaburksfineart.com/home.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 visit their website at: http://www.oregonlink.com/arts/index.html

5. Africa

Description: A black, white and brown print of objects floating in the space of the piece. Some of the objects include a coliseum or trellis, a fish, various plant leaves, and a dragonfly., Dyann Alkire; etching; handcolored with watercolor; africa; 1985; 22x26 inches, I like etching because I like to draw. Things such as deep sea life, insects, birds, fish, and architectural structures appeal to me, and I combine them in my compositions. Each piece has a certain theme that just evolves as I work on the plate, rather than having a set idea from the beginning. (Alkire, 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

6. Creatures and Antiquities

Description: A print exhibiting numerous sea creatures and antiquities floating together in the space of the piece. Some of the objects included are architectural columns, dragons, a jellyfish and an octopus., Nov. 1987 dupe; photocraft inc; sheryl funkhouser; creatures and antiquities; etching; 1985, http://www.luciadouglas.com/artists/artists_list/funkhouser.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

7. Dream Dancer

Description: A very abstract piece that is symmetrical on both sides. The middle of the piece has a faint light line with red and white zig-zags a few inches away from the middle. The extreme right and left side of the piece are light colored and have various thin lines going in different directions., Karen Guzak; dream dancer; lithograph; 40x50 inches; materials lab; 1985, karen@angelarmsworks.com, http://www.angelarmsworks.com/karen/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

8. Pip Tide King

Description: This black-and-white print appears to convey a narrative about fishing by dividing the picture plane's main area of focus with five square insets that amplify certain characters., 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

9. The Visitation

Description: This piece uses simple black lines to capture man and nature. The silhouette of the solo male figure, with a hat and fishing line is set against a horizontally lined lake. There is little movement in the image aside from the man's turned head. Above the man is a winged being with large wings, which may represent an angel. The left bottom of the print exhibits a darkened square showing a man praying--perhaps to the angel of fishing? This image is an image about a special mood in a special place, Sauvie's Island. Cunningham has a marvelous command of black and white pattern and texture. His detailed linocuts (prints made from an image cut into linoleum which is rolled with ink and then printed) present a close and often whimsical look at slices of life. (Oregon Arts Commission, 1987), Dennis Cunningham; 1986; linocut print; the visitation, 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

10. Sauvie's Island

Description: Sauvie's Island uses simple black lines to capture man and nature. The silhouette of the solo male figure, with a hat and fishing line, is placed next to a large tree by a pond. There is little movement in the image aside from the man's turned head. The bottom of the print exhibits fishing, plant symbols and a frying pan. This image is about a phenomenon that sometimes seems to occur to fishermen who have gone fishless for the day. Cunningham has a marvelous command of black and white pattern and texture. His detailed linocuts (prints made from an image cut into linoleum which is rolled with ink and then printed) present a close and often whimsical look at slices of life. (Oregon Arts Commission, 1987), D.L. Cunningham; savvie's island; linocut print; 17 1/4x17 1/4 in; 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 view their website at: http://www.oregonlink.com/arts/index.html

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1. Dreaming - Alligator to Zephyr

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