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
A watercolor painting from the perspective of being inside a bus, looking out the back. There is a man with a cane sitting in one of three blue seats in the very back. Behind the bus is a blue car with three people in the front seat and a dog in the back, and an orange bus filled with people behind that. The streets are filled with people., 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
Two illuminated glass and metal sculptures, mounted on a wall. The two sculptures have a green illumination, with horizontal lines going across each plane of the tetrahedral shape on the left and the conical shape on the bottom right., Conical & Tetra Sconces, RayKingStudio@RayKing.nu, http://www.rayking.nu/, 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 glass piece composed of geometrical objects in various colors. There is a pink moon-shaped object in the middle, with zigzag lines of red/pink on top, which turns into two curved lines with a red/pink ball in the middle. Below the moon shape is a blue triangle with the tip of the triangle facing downwards, and with a red, black and blue square border vertically underneath it. This is the one of several images of the same piece. Irregularities between the pieces may reflect a difference in the source material., Northwest Interchange; 1990; 50 inches x 100 inches; Fused and enamled glass, 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 piece composed of nine unique, vertical panels with the same size gap in-between each of the panels. Together, they form a connected abstract piece of art., Geoffrey Pagen; dot materials lab; ceramic; 30x92x2 inches; 1988, http://www.laurarusso.com/artists/pagen.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
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
An acrylic painting of Fernridge Lake, located at the outskirts of Eugene, Oregon, showing a white lake with bits of light blue surrounded by green landscape. There are surrounding hills in the background, and trees and other plant life in the foreground., Markley C Clarke; Fernridge Lake; 30x40 inches; acrylic; dot materials lab, Clarke has been recording his gentle impressions of Willamette Valley vistas for several years. This work was painted the summer of 1987 at Fernridge Lake about eight miles west of Eugene. It was painted from a park at the west end of the lake looking across the lake toward the hills around the city of Eugene. (Oregon Arts Commission, 1987), http://zeekgallery.com/exhibits/clarke.htm, 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 still-life painting of a colorful quilt in red, white, blue, and yellow patterns and shapes. There are a few sticks standing upright above the quilt on a white table with fabric draped over them. The quilt is arranged in a way that suggests the representation of a figure or figures., 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 color photograph of an REO hood ornament., 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
1 p. James E. Nowak's 1995 artist statement., Born in Wisconsin on Pearl Harbor Day, 1956, I am the youngest of three children. At the age of six, my family settled on Mercer Island in Washington state. My childhood was the picture book ideal raised in a quiet island community cradeled by rugged north, 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