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/
A pastel drawing of a landscape of numerous tall brown trees against a blue/gray sky., Sally Cleveland; Grasshopper Field; pastel/graphite/paper; 28 3/4x21 inches, http://www.davidsongalleries.com/artists/cleveland/cleveland.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 mixed media art piece of a rectangular drawing in the middle of a silver aluminum diamond. The black and white drawing is of a waterscape with mountains in the back and large clouds. Those two layers are placed on a large rectangle of gold leaf with arrows, formed by dots, going counter-clockwise., Kathleen Caprario; Towards the Light-Filled Shore; pencil & metal leaf on paper; 23x30.5 inches; 1994; CapK94090060, caprariok@lanecc.edu, http://caprarioart.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 pastel drawing of a few flowers in a long thin vase. The upper left corner of the piece is shaded in orange with a little bit of blue and red. In the middle of the piece are words written in German., Rich Bartow; Die Jugenfrische/Amaryllis; pastel & graphite on paper; 50x39 inches; 1995; BarR95031139 (inv. 1728), The frailty of life on this planet and the need to recognize the interconnectedness of all species are common threads that weave through Bartow's work. His Yurok Indian heritage and his experiences in Vietnam are the source of these feelings and nurture his imagery. Crow/raven and a pantheon of other animals, including man, figure prominently in his work. He reanimates the ancient myths of Northwest peoples into his visual language. Once the symbol of rebirth and the spirit of all life, crow is a ghost-like figure in this monotype who knows "he" is no longer central to our lives. (OAC documentation, 1990). A Vietnam veteran and a Yurok tribal member, he addresses grief and fear in his work as means to dismantling them. His work is represented by Froelick Gallery and Stonington Gallery. (Data provided at http://www.npr.org/programs/talkingplants/features/2003/bartow/index.html. Reviewed on 04/09/07.), http://www.froelickgallery.com/Artist-Detail.cfm?ArtistsID=227, 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
This abstract piece combines layers of color, texture, and geometric shapes that appear to address systems of chaos and order., Karen Guzak; Elements I; watercolor and crayon; 30 x 32 inches; 1989; State Office Building- Portland (Geology Dept.), http://www.angelarmsworks.com/karen/index.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/
A geometric composition with a black trapezoidal form isolated on three sides by a series of four white shapes. The upper right-hand corner is defined by a right triangle. Variations between duplicate images directly relate to original source materials., Charcoal, chalk, collage; 19 x 19 inches (30 x 30 inches framed); 1978, Via's work... ranges from simple pencil or ink sketches to finished oil paintings and includes landscapes, cityscapes, human figures and pure abstraction. (Data provided by Bob Keefer at http://www.bkpix.com.), http://www.bkpix.com/writing/via.php, 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/
This photograph of a section of sidewalk incorporates drawn elements that aid in the translation of sidewalk as landscape., Andrea Benson; Sidewalk Landscape #4; '88; State Office Building- Portland (Geology Dept.), http://www.andreabenson.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 colorful rendering of what appears to be an open, yellow book with a white left-hand page and a red right-hand page. Gestural blue, green, and white lines cover the entire composition. This is one of three views of this artwork. Variations between duplicate images relate directly to original source materials., Silver Fox Series I, http://www.seattleprintarts.org/memberspgs/jsr/index.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/
A pastel drawing of a river in between fields of grass and trees. In the background are mountains and low clouds, looking like mist., Allan stephenson; River Meadows; pastel; 27x40; Feb. 1993, Allan Stephenson is an artist who draws his inspiration from the natural landscape particularly that of his native British Isles and also that of the Pacific Northwest where he now makes his home. *I am always looking for and attempting to communicate with the viewer that special sense of place that infuses some areas of the natural world with meaning, wonder and beauty. I hope my work can provide some escape from the sometimes frenetic world we all live in. I am a traditionalist. I don't see the art I produce as breaking any kind of new ground but rather I apply myself to existing forms and attempt to inject perhaps fresh content. I am currently enjoying the medium of pastel for it's direct hands-on quality that allows me to blend and sculpt the pigment using my fingers and hands rather than the intermediary of a brush.* (excerpt from artist's exhibition list), http://www.allanstephenson.com/index.php, 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/
This pastel drawing presents the hybridization of a shovel and a tree on a yellow ground., Helen Lessick; 1988; Delve; pastel on paper; 50x38 inches; ohsu movable, director@lessick.net, http://www.lessick.net/, 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/