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1. Lighthouse in Fog

Description: An impressionistic view of a lighthouse rendered mostly in shades of gray and blue and accented with browns., 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. Drifting

Description: A very vivid black and white print with muted colors of yellow and light red. Exhibited are flowers, butterflies, a unicorn with a canoe on it's back, a piano, and more, all on top of a wavy ocean. This art piece looks like it would be from a dream or a daydream., Sheryl Funkhouser; Drifting; 24x36 inches; etching; 1992; corrections print project, http://www.luciadouglas.com/artists/artists_list/funkhouser.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

3. A View Through that Man's Land

Description: An abstract layering of color, texture, and space. A blue horizon line gives way to a neutral tone, textured middleground that extends into the foreground in a triangular shape., Lyle Matoush; a view through that man's land; state capital v II, Internet resources on Lyle Matoush: Mail Tribune Online (4/28/00 issue) http://archive.mailtribune.com/archive/2000/april/042800n4.htm <br>Southern Oregon University: http://emeritus.sou.edu/News.asp?NewsID=26, 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. Pierot's Tapestry

Description: An abstract black and white piece. The majority of the background appears to be composed of human faces that are repeated throughout the entire piece. There looks to be some sort of colosseum on the left and a very long snake--perhaps a rattlesnake--on the bottom of the print., Pierrot's Tapestry; 26x36 inches; M. Izquierdo; corrections print project, Manuel Izquierdo was born in Madrid, Spain, and fled to the United States settling in Portland, Oregon in 1943. While he was in high school Manuel was encouraged to pursue wood-cuts by Lloyd Reynolds, the well-known calligrapher. In 1951 Manuel graduated from the Pacific Northwest College of Art and soon after became a professor there. Manuel Izquierdo received the Oregon Governor's Award in 1991 and has exhibited work both in the Northwest and nationally, including a ten-year retrospective at the Portland Art Museum in 1967. Having completed many commissions his sculpture can be seen in a variety of Portland public spaces such as Pettygrove Square. His work is in collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Philadelphia Museum in Pennsylvania, the Seattle Art Museum, and the Portland Art Museum., http://www.laurarusso.com/artists/izquierdo.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

5. Mt. Hood

Description: Orange deciduous trees and dark green coniferous trees divide the foreground from the background, comprised of a rendering of Mount Hood in this watercolor landscape piece., (1970) Phil Tyler was born in Alabama. Eventually he moved west and settled on a small ranch at the base of Mt. Hood. A painter of the cowboy life, his subjects come from personal experience with that life. HORSEMAN focuses on a lone horsemen cantering across a pale green, light-washed space. The background is simply a wash of color which modulates from soft green to soft brown. The horse and rider are carefully and lovingly delineated from curb bit, to girth, to chaps. The acquisition of this work was made possible by Oregon's Percent for Art in Public Places program which is administered by the Oregon Arts Commission., 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. A Mystery Desired and Sought I-X (I)

Description: A geometric composition that utilizes thick brush strokes to create wavy lines and texture in the surface of the paint. This piece is rendered in pink, red, orange, yellow, blue, and green, with some black outlining. Predominant shapes inclue a skinny, green rectangle, a red triangle, and a blue triangle., James B Thompson; 1992; A mystery desired and sought I, (1996) James Thompson was born in Chicago, Il. He attended Ripon College, receiving a BA in Art/Art History and MFA from Washington University, School of Fine Arts, St. Louis, MO. He taught at Ripon College, University of Alaska and has been a Professor of, jthompso@willamette.edu, http://www.willamette.edu/cla/art/faculty/thompson/, 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. A Mystery Desired and Sought I-X (II)

Description: A geometric composition that utilizes thick brush strokes to create wavy lines and texture in the surface of the paint. This piece is rendered in pink, red, yellow, blue, purple, brown, and black. Predominant shapes include squares, triangles, rectangles, and trapezoids., James B Thompson; 1992; A mystery desired and sought II, (1996) James Thompson was born in Chicago, Il. He attended Ripon College, receiving a BA in Art/Art History and MFA from Washington University, School of Fine Arts, St. Louis, MO. He taught at Ripon College, University of Alaska and has been a Professor of, jthompso@willamette.edu, http://www.willamette.edu/cla/art/faculty/thompson/, 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. Cornucopia (detail, no.3)

Description: This piece consists of a gold, inverted cornucopia shape that is suspended from the ceiling and a round, inlaid piece in the floor that relates to what appears to be representation of items that might be found in the cornucopia., Clark Wiegman; cornucopia, http://artifacture.org/, 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 visit their website at: http://www.oregonlink.com/arts/index.html

9. A Mystery Desired and Sought I-X (VII)

Description: A geometric composition that utilizes thick brush strokes to create wavy lines and texture in the surface of the paint. This piece is rendered in blue, purple, green, red, and yellow. Predominant shapes include triangles and rectangles., James B Thompson; 1992; A mystery desired and sought VII, (1996) James Thompson was born in Chicago, Il. He attended Ripon College, receiving a BA in Art/Art History and MFA from Washington University, School of Fine Arts, St. Louis, MO. He taught at Ripon College, University of Alaska and has been a Professor of, jthompso@willamette.edu, http://www.willamette.edu/cla/art/faculty/thompson/, 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

10. Curtains

Description: Dark and light tones, accented with yellow, comprise this abstract painting that suggests movement across the surface of a reflection on water. Curtains is part of a body of work concerned with spatial and two dimentional relationships of shapes seen in the rippled and reflective surface of water., Christy Wyckoff; curtains; pastel on canvas with acrylic varnish; 60x85 inches; 1982, Christy Wyckoff grew up in Eastern Oregon. He received a BA from the University of Oregon in 1968 and an MFA from the University of Washington in 1971. In 1979, he received an Oregon Artists Fellowship. Wyckoff has taught at Pacific Northwest College of Ar, cwyckoff@pnca.edu, http://www.alysiaducklergallery.com/Artist-Detail.cfm?ArtistsID=394; http://www.pnca.edu/programs/bfa/majors/printmaking.php, 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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1. Lighthouse in Fog

2. Drifting

3. A View Through that Man's Land

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5. Mt. Hood

6. A Mystery Desired and Sought I-X (I)

7. A Mystery Desired and Sought I-X (II)

8. Cornucopia (detail, no.3)

9. A Mystery Desired and Sought I-X (VII)

10. Curtains