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1. History of Air
History of Air
Description
A mostly blue abstract composition intersected by smudged-over blue lines. On the left-hand side of the painting, blue lines form three squares that contain red lines, one of which contains a red "x." This is one of two views of this artwork. Variations between duplicate images relate directly to original source materials., 47 1/2 x 61 inches, http://www.askart.com/AskART/H/robert_hanson/robert_hanson.aspx, 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/
2. O Just Eating Rogert
O Just Eating Rogert
Description
A highly ornate and complex painting that combines color and pattern to construct narrative meaning.Variations between duplicate images directly relate to original source materials., Mixed media on paper; 32 x 24 inches, Jack Portland graduated from the Pacific Northwest College of Art in 1971 and has worked in a variety of media, most recently fresco. His interest in fresco comes from frequent trips to Italy and a summer fresco project he worked on at the Academic Caerit, http://www.laurarusso.com/artists/portland.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/
3. Three, Three and Two
Three, Three and Two
Description
A mostly green background supports three irregularly shaped black objects that are stacked one on top of the other in the center of this piece. Additional irregular shapes in blues and oranges float around the three main shapes along with several squiggly lines. The number two occupies the left-hand side of the picture plane in dark green.Variations between duplicate images directly relate to original source materials., Oil on canvas; 72 x 48 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/
4. Predicting the Weather
Predicting the Weather
Description
An abstract rendering presented on a deep yellow background. A blue, horseshoe-shaped form encompasses a mysterious pink form. A white rectangle and a blue, bean-shaped form occupy space in the upper third of the composition. The piece presents various sections of black outlining as well. This is one of two views of this artwork. Variations between duplicate images relate directly to original source materials., Mixed media on paper; 1980, "Born in Detroit, Michigan, Suzanne Duryea graduated in art history from Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois and continued to study painting at the University of California, Berkeley and Portland State University. Duryea has had one-person exhibitions at the Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle; Renshaw Gallery, Linfield College; Mayer Gallery, Marylhurst College as well several exhibitions at the Fountain Gallery, Portland. The artist has also been included in group exhibitions such as: The Oregon Biennial, Portland Art Museum; "Northwest '87", Seattle Art Museum and most recently the traveling exhibition, "Northhwest X Southwest: Painted Fictions" curated by the Palm Springs Deesert Museum. Suzanne Duryea has become known to Northwest art viewers for her rich oil paintings of animated objects personified in a narrative atmosphere of glowing color. Romantic yet humorous, these paintings emphasize a vigorous nature that is immortalized in pain, creating a symbolic tone. The glossy surfaces of the paintings on paper (22" x 30") become more textural on canvas as the actual working surface expands (7' x 5'). (Unknown, 1991), http://www.laurarusso.com/artists/duryea.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/
5. Euphro
Euphro
Description
A large, variegated, light yellow square bordered on the right and on the bottom by strips of a darker yellow and brown, respectively. A thin, white line intersects each edge of the piece and suggests a trapezoidal shape fully defined only outside the picture plane. Variations between duplicate images directly relate to original source materials., Oil, wax on canvas; 6 1/2 x 6', http://www.laurarusso.com/artists/pitkin.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
6. E. C.
E. C.
Description
Blues, purples, greens, and oranges comprise this abstract composition of roughly geometric shapes. This is one of two views of this artwork. Variations between duplicate images relate directly to original source materials., http://www.laurarusso.com/artists/bauer.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/
7. Nubian
Nubian
Description
Several black shapes on a variegated white background. This is one of two views of this artwork. Variations between duplicate images relate directly to original source materials., Oil on canvas; 60 x 48 inches, 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/
8. Report Card-Anne Series
Report Card-Anne Series
Description
A pinkish-orange background, divided by a gray grid, supports a rectangle in the middle of the piece that is outlined in blue. Additional, multicolored squares are presented in the middle of the blue-outlined rectangle. Smudges of maroon congregate toward the bottom of the piece, and several sections of the grid pattern are filled in with blue, yellow, and pink. This is one of two views of this artwork. Variations between duplicate images relate directly to original source materials., Mixed media; 1979, http://www.elizabethleach.com/Artist-Detail.cfm?ArtistsID=21, 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/
9. Small Black
Small Black
Description
A varied, neutral background supports a series of purple, pink, and black rectangles that occupy the middle of the piece toward the top third of the picture plane. This is one of two views of this artwork. Variations between duplicate images relate directly to original source materials., http://www.elizabethleach.com/Artist-Detail.cfm?ArtistsID=21, 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/
10. Little Italy
Little Italy
Description
A geometric composition of rectangular blocks of color. A horizontally oriented, green rectangle covers the bottom fourth of the picture plane. A vertically oriented, black rectangle occupies the left third of the picture plane. A yellow and green line separates the black rectangle from the remaining three sections, which consist of a vertically oriented, purple rectangle as well as a purple-pink rectangle. These two sections are capped off by a horizontally oriented, blue rectangle. Variations between duplicate images directly relate to original source materials., Oil on canvas; 70x60; 1979, http://www.alysiaducklergallery.com/Artist-Detail.cfm?ArtistsID=374; http://www.searspeyton.com/html/artistresults.asp?artist=364&testing=true, 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
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