Tones of blue and yellow depict what appears to be a farm house and several outbuildings amongst a stand of deciduous as well as coniferous trees., Hugh Caton; watercolor; our golden years; veteran's affairs, A member of the air force in the second world war, Hugh returned home to work in agriculture as an extension agent. Following his retirement he began to paint the buildings he had come to know and admire around Hillsboro. In his expressions of nature he sought to simplify forms and capture the essence of place., 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
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
The silhouettes of two coniferous trees stand in the foreground of this slightly abstracted landscape piece that depicts choppy water meeting a shore with spotty, green vegetation., 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: Mid-Valley Arts. You may view their website at: http://www.oregonlink.com/arts/index.html
A watercolor painting of a winter landscape. There is a stream present in the painting. Trees, rocks and plant life are in the background. The bushes and trees are all dark brown, providing contrast with the white snow., George Hamilton; Winter Stream; justice, 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
Grainy and overexposed BW photograph of painting by Charles Heaney. The painting exhibits a road or pathway leading to a settlement of dwellings, set at the base of a mountain., Charles Heaney; The Settlement; Capitol, http://www.askart.com/askart/h/charles_edward_heaney/charles_edward_heaney.aspx, 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
An impressionistic rendering of a woman in a red skirt and a dark top sitting on a patio at table under a canopy overlooking a seascape. A silhouetted figure in a hat looms in the background, confronting the viewer., John Rock; the canopy; state capital, 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
A watercolor painting of a snowy mountainous landscape behind a sharply defined black, long wall. On the right of the black long wall is a strange blue eyed rectangular face. The face's smile is colored in the same blue hue. Below the face and black wall is a flowing blue wall, exhibiting wavy blue, green and white strokes of color. The lower wall may be a reflection of the upper black wall, in conjunction with the mountain landscape., Carl Hall; Winter Festival; justice, 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
A landscape piece that presents a view of patchwork agricultural space presented in dark green, light brown and dark bown. Highlights are emphasized with thick black strokes, and the sky is presented in variegated blue and white., 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: Mid-Valley Arts. You may view their website at: http://www.oregonlink.com/arts/index.html
An acrylic painting of a landscape with yelllowed hills, In the foreground are a few cattail plants., Inverness; Douglas Campbell Smith; 1992; Public Service Building, http://www.campbellsmiths.com/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: Mid-Valley Arts. You may view their website at: http://www.oregonlink.com/arts/index.html