This painting depicts a view of several fish beneath the surface of a stream amongst rocks. The color palette used is a bright, cool colored one accented with yellow., Seven Trout; Gary R. Buhler; watercolor; 26 x 52 inches; DMV Astoria; 1990, http://www.atticgallery.com/bios.ihtml?sid=34&step=2, The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Oregon Coast Council for the Arts. You may view their website at http://www.coastarts.org/
This watercolor painting depicts a scene from a shaded driveway that approaches a group of outbuildings., watercolor; 1991, http://www.alderart.com/mike%20pease/html/mike%20pease%20art.htm, 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/
A depiction of an unattached two-wheel trailer in front of a white building. Both objects cast long, afternoon shadows., The Trailer; Don Gray; Union, OR, 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: Mid-Valley Arts
A watercolor painting of green rhododendron leaves with white and pink flowers. Behind the plants is a yellow and pink shading, next to a blue sky., Henk Pander; Rhododendron; 1994; watercolor; 40x60 inches; HP 164; Elizabeth Leach Gallery; 207 S.W. Pine Street Portland Oregon 97204; 503-224-0521, hpander@earthlink.net, http://artistsregister.com/artists/OR9, 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/
An abstract painting of what looks to be a waterscape in front of mountains or a forest. Above and to the left of the piece is a orange sun., Harry Widman; Landscape; m/m on paper; 22x30 inches, http://www.blackfish.com/Artist-Detail.cfm?ArtistsID=24, 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 piece presents a preliminary watercolor study done in preparation for the mural painting, Kilchis River., Kilchis River I; Henk Pander; watercolor; 40 x 60 inches; 2002, http://artistsregister.com/artists/OR9, The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Oregon Coast Council for the Arts. You may view their website at http://www.coastarts.org/
Summer Shadows at Sea Edge depicts a back-lit sea-scape with large, dark rocks and columns standing against the white waves of the ocean., Nelson Sandgren; Summer Shadows at Seas Edge; watercolor; 30x36 inches; executive office building, Nelson Sandgren (1918-2006) was born in Manitoba, Canada. Sandgren moved to Portland with his parents during the Great Depression, and taught art/painting at Oregon State College for thirty-nine years., 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
An ornate still life painting containing red, purple, and white flowers, along with a crystal table setting that presents halved fruit. The background appears to be comprised of tapestries in blue, green, purple, pink, and yellow., Henk Pander; Still Life with Crystal; Revenue, hpander@earthlink.net, http://artistsregister.com/artists/OR9, 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 watercolor painting of a village in earthtones. In front of the village are green strokes representing grass as well as a black-and-white picket fence. Above the village is a blue sky with black dotted lines that perhaps symbolize birds on a migratory route., Ruza Erceg; Distant Village; watercolor; 16x20 inches; 1984; ohsu movable, Ruza Erceg In 1961, Ruza Erceg said to her daughter, Helen, "If I have paint brush, I start to make painting." Helen relayed this message to her brother Joseph, a graphic designer, who, that same day, bought her watercolors, brushes and paper. She immediately began to produce delightful, colorful images. Ruza was born in the fanning village of Imotski, Yugoslavia in 1898 and came to this country in 1922. She and her husband first settled in Pennsylvania then moved to Oregon. Ruza Erceg paints images of her past in Yugoslavia. They are soft and colorful images of rural scenes (farms, fields and farm houses), villages, white buildings with red tile roofs and an occasional painting of a sailboat or of a larger city. Her images are of no particular site but rather of a collective spirit of the land she left so long ago. Numerous paintings are surrounded with delightful painted borders which suggest a painted frame to contain the image., 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 calligraphic presentation of a Benjamin Franklin quote regarding printing, entitled "An Apology for Printers.", Elizabeth Anderson; st planting pl; benjamin franklin; calligraphic watercolor painting; 1980, Environmental graphic designer Elizabeth Anderson specializes in signs that help people learn about their environment and how to navigate their way through it. She is a principal and project designer with Anderson Krygier, whose work adorns schools, hospitals, libraries, businesses, and historic landmarks throughout the Pacific Northwest. She has taught at Portland State University and Pacific Northwest College of Art. (details obtained from: http://web.reed.edu/reed_magazine/aug2003/features/notables/index.html --checked on 05/23/07), 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