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1. Birthday for Two
Birthday for Two
Description
A still life scene from a birthday dinner rendered entirely in colors from the warm range of the spectrum. Two chairs surround a table with a cake and candles, a plate of two fish, and wrapped presents. A polka-dot motif decorates the background. This is one of two views of this artwork. Variations between duplicate images relate directly to original source materials., 17 x 22 inches, http://www.alderart.com/kacey%20joyce.htm, 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. 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/
3. 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/
4. 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/
5. King's Crown #2
King's Crown #2
Description
Crayon and pastel hues distintly segment corrugated cardboard., Bonnie Bronson; King's Crown #2; crayon, pastel on cardboard; 20 x 22 inches; 1979, Bonnie Bronson was born in Portland, Oregon in 1940. She attended the University of Oregon and the Pacific Northwest College of Art. She received an Oregon Arts Commission Fellowship in 1978. She was one of the first artists to develop an industrial enamel, 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/
6. Oregon Dunes Near Lily Lake
Oregon Dunes Near Lily Lake
Description
A black-and-white landscape photograph depicting a partially buried chunk of driftwood overlooking a body of water with sand dunes and a cloudy sky in the background. Variations between duplicate images directly relate to original source materials., 16 x 20 inches, Claire Trotter is a native of the Pacific Northwest and livesin Eugene, Oregon. She acquired her basic skills in photography while apprenticed to a commercial photographer in Chicago. Her photographs are a kind of visual haiku. In a simple statement these pictures can suggest realities beond ordinary perception. Her subject is usually nature, celebrating natural light and shadow on rocks, reeds, sand, driftwood, ice, leaves, things we usually pass without seeing. She Works mainly in black and white, using Linhof, Leica and Alpa cameras, and is intensely involved in the entire photographic process from compostion through printing. Her work has been exhibited in museums and galleries in the United States and Europe, has been published in hournals devoted to the arts, and is represented in both public and private collections. (attributed to Alan G. Artner, Chicago Tribune, date unknown--from materials in project binder), 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. 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/
8. Malheur Snow II
Malheur Snow II
Description
A landscape rendering of snow-covered hills composed in periwinkle-tinted white shades. The green of the hills pokes through the blanket of snow, overseen by a purple sky. Variations between duplicate images directly relate to original source materials., Acrylic; 36 x 48 inches, http://ghc.ctc.edu/library/archives/2007Winter/shullstatement.htm, 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. Monoliths of Basalt Breccia, Devil's Hole, Klickitat County, Washington, March 1, 1986
Monoliths of Basalt Breccia, Devil's Hole, Klickitat County, Washington, March 1, 1986
Description
Beyond what has been provided herein, we have no additional information regarding this artwork., http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/ohq/105.3/toedtemeier.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/
10. 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
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