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1. Landscape Composition in Monochrome Envisaged from La Coruna to Mousehold Heath
Landscape Composition in Monochrome Envisaged from La Coruna to Mousehold Heath
Description
Neutrally toned shapes imply a landscape that is intersected by a strip of text near the bottom of the picture plane. The sections of text are divided into alternating yellow and blue blocks., John Rock; corvallis; landscape composition graphics, John Rock (1919–1993) taught art at Oregon State University from 1957 to 1989 and was widely regarded as a master printmaker., 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
2. Racing the Sun
Racing the Sun
Description
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
3. Passages #1
Passages #1
Description
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
4. Red Rocks
Red Rocks
Description
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
5. Pavilion
Pavilion
Description
This piece resembles some sort of official seal. The picture plane is defined by a circle with a textured border that appears to be some sort of marble pattern. The interior of the circle is divided into three sections. The outer two sections repeat the marble-like pattern in yellow on the left and in orange on the right. The middle section appears to be the silhouette of a building that looks over a natural landscape., Pavilion; Jon Jay Cruson; lithograph; 18 inches in diameter, 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
6. Pearl at 13th
Pearl at 13th
Description
This brightly colored print depicts a street scene where the street recedes into the background from the foreground, bearing a bike lane, various graffitti markings, and three manhole covers. The tree-lined boulevard gives way to store fronts and housing. A shilhouette of a mountain under a pinkish sky swallows up the street in the background., Pearl at 13th; M.L. McCorkle; reduction linoleum cut; (in collaboration with Bill Bradish); 1988; 16 x 21 inches, http://www.zerodegreesart.com/zeroArtists.php?artist=mmccorkle, 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
7. Gate of the Twilight Dreamers: Secret Journey
Gate of the Twilight Dreamers: Secret Journey
Description
This nighttime landscape piece depicts a view from what appears to be the silhouette of a screened-in porch entrance. It opens up onto a tree- and ridge-lined lake. In a separate section above the landscape scene is cloud and moon scene, offset with stylized lines., Gate: Secret Journey; Valerie Willson; intaglio/relief; 22 x 30 inches, http://valeriewillson.com/index.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
8. Warm Sky
Warm Sky
Description
An abstract landscape print with a very vivid sky. The sky seems to be the main focus, with the numerous amounts of clouds going off into the distance and a yellow/orange coloring to the horizon., Cie Goulet; warm sky; 1987; monoprint; 26x33 inches; dot materials lab, Cie Goulet is well known for her energetic paintings of the Oregon landscape. Her dramatic color and light is further enhanced by the use of black as a base color (monotypes on black paper). Cie Goulet attended San Francisco Art Institute, Parsons School of Design and graduated from the University of Oregon in 1965, where she studied under the late Jack Wilkinson. In the last twenty years the artist has exhibited in various areas of the U.S. including: Tamasulo Gallery, Cranford, NJ; Louis Meisel Gallery, NY; Artists Space, NY as well as one person exhibitions at Lynn McAllister Gallery, Seattle, WA; Salishan Lodge, Gen Eden, OR; River Run Gallery, Ketchum, ID and the Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR. Cie Goulet exhibited her work in the exhibition "First Impressions: Northwest Monotypes" at the Seattle Art Museum, WA which then traveled to the Marylhurst College, Art Gym Gallery. (Unknown, 1991), http://www.laurarusso.com/artists/goulet.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
9. Alsea Falls
Alsea Falls
Description
Landscape depiction of Alsea Falls. The positioning of dark color schemes of trees and rocks in background and foreground, respectively, is contrasted with the white waterfall rushing through the land - creating a balanced imagery., Ken Paul; Alsea Falls; 1983; 5/10 Silkscreen; 15x22 inches papersize; ohsc nurses unit remodel; slide not overexposed, 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. Landscape Composition in Monochrome Envisaged from La Coruna to Mousehold Heath
Landscape Composition in Monochrome Envisaged from La Coruna to Mousehold Heath
Description
Neutrally toned shapes imply a landscape that is intersected by a strip of text near the bottom of the picture plane. The sections of text are divided into alternating yellow and blue blocks., John Rock; landscape composition; state capital III, John Rock (1919–1993) taught art at Oregon State University from 1957 to 1989 and was widely regarded as a master printmaker., 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
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