This abstract piece consists of two separate paintings whose geometric subject matter converges when placed together. The painting on the left occupies a vertically oriented, rectangular canvas, while the one on the right occupies a horizontally oriented, rectangular canvas. They are presented flush together. The warm color palette on the left offsets the black and gray tones used on the right. Thin accent lines in bright colors connect the two., Desperate Doubles; S.T. Sonniksen; 79 x 55 inches; 1982; acrylic on canvas, http://www.alysiaducklergallery.com/Artist-Detail.cfm?ArtistsID=388, 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
Detail view of the left canvas in the pairing of paintings by Scott Sonniksen, entitled Desperate Doubles., Desperate Doubles (left); S.T. Sonniksen; 79 x 55 inches; 1982; acrylic on canvas, http://www.alysiaducklergallery.com/Artist-Detail.cfm?ArtistsID=388, 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
This piece depicts a voyeuristic young woman with black hair who peers through a window onto a scene of a family sitting in front of a television with poor reception. One child stares, wide-eyed, at the television set, while the parents sit in front of it passed out with a baby crawling at their feet on the floor. The voyeuristic girl wears a strange collection of charms and bracelets made from animals while biting into a large, red strawberry., Claudia Cave; How Sweet It Tasted; U of O Science Complex, Claudia Cave, a Salem painter, studied art at Western Oregon State University and University of Idaho and has participated in many regional exhibitions. Ms. Cave's mixed media paintings are carefully rendered excursions into the world of psychological archetypes. In 'How Sweet It Tasted' Ms. Cave explores memory and the recesses of the mind in a meticulous, albeit cartoon-like, mixed media painting. (Information provided by OAC documentation.), http://www.zeekgallery.com/dynamic/artist.asp?ArtistID=80, The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Lane Arts. You may view their website at http://www.lanearts.org/
This piece depicts a strange man with a thick brow dressed in a white Oxford shirt with a pocket protector. His legs are cork-screwed around one another, and he has six arms that move in different directions and interact with the other smaller, peripheral figures that surround him., Claudia Cave; The Never Say No Man; U of O Science Complex, Claudia Cave, a Salem painter, studied art at Western Oregon State University and University of Idaho and has participated in many regional exhibitions. Ms. Cave's mixed media paintings are carefully rendered excursions into the world of psychological archetypes. 'The Never Say No Man' resonates with symbols and tensions and his dilemma activates the composition. (Information obtained via OAC documentation.), http://www.zeekgallery.com/dynamic/artist.asp?ArtistID=80, The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Lane Arts. You may view their website at http://www.lanearts.org/
