Beyond what has been provided herein, we have no additional information regarding this artwork., Ruza Erceg In 1961, Ruza Erceg said to her daughter, Helen, "If I have paint brush, I start to make painting." Helen relayed this message to her brother Joseph, a graphic designer, who, that same day, bought her watercolors, brushes and paper. She immediately began to produce delightful, colorful images. Ruza was born in the fanning village of Imotski, Yugoslavia in 1898 and came to this country in 1922. She and her husband first settled in Pennsylvania then moved to Oregon. Ruza Erceg paints images of her past in Yugoslavia. They are soft and colorful images of rural scenes (farms, fields and farm houses), villages, white buildings with red tile roofs and an occasional painting of a sailboat or of a larger city. Her images are of no particular site but rather of a collective spirit of the land she left so long ago. Numerous paintings are surrounded with delightful painted borders which suggest a painted frame to contain the image., 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
A watercolor painting featuring a vast array of kitchenware and silverware laid out on a white table. All the handles of the silverware seem to either be wooden or yellow plastic...or perhaps ivory or bone., Sherrie Wolf, SWo 178; Antique Market I, 1994; watercolor; 24x30 inches; Elizabeth Leach Gallery; 207 S.W. Pine Street Portland Oregon 97204; 503-224-0521, 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), info@sherriewolfstudio.com, 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: Regional Arts & Culture. You may view their website at http://www.racc.org/
A watercolor painting of a mother holding her child. The mother is looking at her child, while the child looks at the viewer. The child is wearing a blue and green sleeveless top., Westerman; Mother and Baby; Feb. 24 1994, arne2@arnewesterman.com, http://www.arnewesterman.com/, 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/
A watercolor painting of a translucent white cup featuring stems of green leaves with a white flower, white buds, blue flowers, and red berries. The background is a mottled brown with two horizontal lines at the red base of the cup., Rene Rickabaugh; White-Cup; watercolor on paper; 26 3/4x21 3/4 inches; 1992; RicR94040413, Rene Rickabaugh, a Portland painter, studied at the Pacific Northwest College of Art and has taught watercolor there as well as at the University of Oregon. His work is noteworthy for meticulous execution and details, and an almost surrealistic personal vision., 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/
A whimsical watercolor painting depicting five woman and three men dancing., Jerry Fenter; School of the Dance; watercolor; 29x28x1 inches; Dec. 1994, http://www.jerryfenter.com/, 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
A watercolor painting of a cook dressed in a white shirt, white hat and dark pants. He is reading a newspaper. The cook is sitting outside a restaurant at a white square table. He is surrounded by three other green chairs., Westerman; Cook's Break; Feb. 24 1994, arne2@arnewesterman.com, http://www.arnewesterman.com/, 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/
An abstract mixed media art piece in mostly cool color tones. Various shapes and colors are separated by thick lines of color., Frederick Heidel; Fantasy Garden of Ur; mixed media on paper; 37x47 inches; 1994; HeiF94092913, Former chairman of the art & architecture department and professor of art at Portland State University for over 25 years, Frederick Heidel is well known and respected for his work in glass and acrylic paintings. Throughout his career, Heidel has exhibited widely including major shows at the San Francisco Museum of Art, Portland Art Museum, University of Oregon Art Museum, Smith/Anderson Gallery, Palo Alto, CA and Glasgalene Kuhler, Amsterdam, Holland. The artist has also been awarded numerous commissions and is included in many public and private collections. A painter, Heidel began working in glass in 1967 after receiving a Chapelbrook Foundation Grant to work in the glass factories in Holland. Since that time, the artist has traveled to the studios of Glassobjekte Van Tetterode to execute glass sculpture from drawings he has prepared in his Portland studio. The exploration of this medium has lead Heidel to create sculpture of painted light and the nuances of the colorful laminated glass harkens to the painterly and fluid surfaces of his paintings. Heidel's works on paper reflect the translucent quality of his glass sculpture. (Unknown, 1991), http://www.laurarusso.com/artists/heidel.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
A watercolor painting of a group of woman, all wearing different colored patterned dresses. The woman are all holding hands and smiling with red cheeks. Behind them are houses in black, white and shades of blue., Jerry Fenter; We All Held Hands; watercolor; 29x36x1 inches; Dec. 1994, http://www.jerryfenter.com/, 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
A mostly blue and white print of architectural bulidings. There are a few animals scattered through the piece including two brown birds, one on a grid platform, three birds flying on the right side, one fish, and one frog., Dyann Alkire; Etching-handcolored with watercolor; St. Basil's; 22x26; 1986, 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: Regional Arts & Culture
A watercolor painting of a red apple sliced in half. The inside core of the apple is visable. Behind the apple, as well as lining it, are blue and white flowers and brown leaves with white outlines., Rene Rickabaugh; Fruit Ghost; watercolor on paper; 18x16 1/2 inches; 1994; RicR94040424, Rene Rickabaugh, a Portland painter, studied at the Pacific Northwest College of Art and has taught watercolor there as well as at the University of Oregon. His work is noteworthy for meticulous execution and details, and an almost surrealistic personal vision., http://www.gailseverngallery.com/artists_details.cfm?ID=110, 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/