This abstract piece consists of two separate paintings whose geometric subject matter converges when placed together. The painting on the left occupies a vertically oriented, rectangular canvas, while the one on the right occupies a horizontally oriented, rectangular canvas. They are presented flush together. The warm color palette on the left offsets the black and gray tones used on the right. Thin accent lines in bright colors connect the two., Desperate Doubles; S.T. Sonniksen; 79 x 55 inches; 1982; acrylic on canvas, http://www.alysiaducklergallery.com/Artist-Detail.cfm?ArtistsID=388, 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 abstracted landscape scene depicting a rocky cavern in bright yellow with bright blue accents that match the shade of the sky above. The silhouettes of several bushes and what appear to be large rocks occupy the foreground., August Rimrock Field; D. Campbell Smith; oil/canvas; 80 x 60 inches; 1985, http://www.campbellsmiths.com/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
Detail view of the left canvas in the pairing of paintings by Scott Sonniksen, entitled Desperate Doubles., Desperate Doubles (left); S.T. Sonniksen; 79 x 55 inches; 1982; acrylic on canvas, http://www.alysiaducklergallery.com/Artist-Detail.cfm?ArtistsID=388, 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 depicting a shiny black vase holding three calla lillies and red trimmery. Variously black-and-white patterned material surrounds the vase in piles., Calla Lillies #1; S. Wolf; etching; 22.5 x 24 inches; $500, A native of Portland, OR, Sherrie Wolf received her BFA in 1974 from Pacific Northwest College of Art in printmaking and then furthered her studies at the Chelsea College of Art in London where she received her MA degree. During her time at PNCA she studied etching and worked in this medium through the 80's. She had a brief tenure of teaching at PNCA through 1986. Since the late 80"s, the focus of Sherrie Wolf's art has been painting and drawing. Many local and national corporations as well as many private collectors have collected her rich, elegant superrealistic works on canvas and paper. (Oregon Arts Commission, 1995), http://www.sherriewolfstudio.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. You may view their website at: http://www.oregonlink.com/arts/index.html
This print depicts a wintertime landscape scene coupled with evidence of a human presence, rendered in four blocks of separate geometric shapes. The color palette includes blue, purple, yellow, and red., Racing the Sun; Rathbun; sertgraph; 15 x 9 inches, http://www.waterstonegallery.com/dynamic/artist.asp?artistid=20, 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 painting depicts a two-dimensional, aerial view of what appears to be an urban environment. Variations between duplicate images directly relate to original source materials., Lots of Dimensions; Craig Holmes; watercolor; 38 x 28.5 inches, Craig Holmes is a 1970 graduate of Western Oregon State College. ("A Collection of Art," Oregon Art Commission, 1989), 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 urban environment at night., Washington H.S.; Ryan Bond; color photograph; 16 x 18 inches; 1986, 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 light orange awning form separates the blue, green, and black textured background from a yellow landscape overlook that is defined by the awning form. the foreground presents shrubs and vegetation in turqouise, ochre, and black., Passage #1; Jon Jay Cruson; lithograph from stone; 12 x 23 inches, 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 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 depicting a shiny black vase holding two calla lillies paired with three other blooms in between them. The variously patterned black-and-white material that surriounds the vase in piles is broken up by a blue cloth with a black pattern., Calla Lillies #2; S. Wolf; etching; 22.5 x 24 inches, A native of Portland, OR, Sherrie Wolf received her BFA in 1974 from Pacific Northwest College of Art in printmaking and then furthered her studies at the Chelsea College of Art in London where she received her MA degree. During her time at PNCA she studied etching and worked in this medium through the 80's. She had a brief tenure of teaching at PNCA through 1986. Since the late 80"s, the focus of Sherrie Wolf's art has been painting and drawing. Many local and national corporations as well as many private collectors have collected her rich, elegant superrealistic works on canvas and paper. (Oregon Arts Commission, 1995), http://www.sherriewolfstudio.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. You may view their website at: http://www.oregonlink.com/arts/index.html
This landscape scene depicts an outcropping of rocks in the middle of still, reflective water. A single tree grows up through the center of the piece, and the water is surrounded by other bushes. Angular rock formations and dotted hills provide a backdrop., Red Rocks; Gordon Mortensen; reduction woodcut; 26.25 x 39 inches; $475, http://www.gordonmortensen.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. You may view their website at: http://www.oregonlink.com/arts/index.html