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1. 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

2. 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

3. Cats

Description: Alternating blocks of cat portraits and leafy plant matter surround the main section of this painting that depicts what appear to be two Siamese cats lounging atop a striped area. The top left section depicts a leopard or cheetah. The top right depicts a lion. The bottom two corners contain domestic species; an orange cat on the right and a black-and-white one on the left. Each corner is separated by blocks of green leaves., Cats, 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. 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

5. Slab Assembly

Description: This piece consists of several trapezoidal shapes and two triangles arranged together. The left most trapezoid is a darker gray than the rest of the composition, except for the red triangle at the the top. The other triangle near the bottom right contains a red number 23., Otto's special concept of slab assembly, a term coined by the painter to paraphrase his technique, utilizes the assemblage of many different paintings, each unique in itself, together to create a total image impression. Often the painter uses an occasional landscape or figurative painting as an instrument to contrast and enhance the vast repertory of geometrical shapes and to further expand the compositional impact of his work. Expressive strokes and striking colors juxtaposed throughout each assemblage also lend energy and stregth to the unusual perspective illusions and design patterns realized by the painter. (Museum Services Gallery press release, San Jose, 1980)., 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. Tracking

Description: Flamboyant colors and patterns as well as human silhouettes converge toward the center of this painting., Jack McLarty; tracking; state capital v II, Jack McLarty has lived most of his life in Portland, Oregon. His family moved to Portland from Seattle in 1921. After attending the Museum Art School, he left Portland in 1940 to study at the American Artists School in New York. At the end of two years, McLarty decided New York did not suit him as a permanent home and returned to Portland. By 1945 he had reconnected with the Museum Art School accepting a teaching fellowship in lithography. He joined the regular faculty in 1947. McLarty and his wife, Barbara, opened the Image Gallery in 1961. (online biography obtained from Preservation of Oregon's Artistic Heritage–A Production of the Salem Art Association.) Other biography information available at http://www.pnca.edu/exposure/stories/139/jack-mclarty-40, http://www.poahonline.org/bio_mclarty.html <br>http://www.pnca.edu/exposure/stories/139/jack-mclarty-40, 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 (VI)

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, pink, orange, and yellow. Predominant shapes include triangles, rectangles, and a circle., James B Thompson; 1992; A mystery desired and sought; VI, (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. The Settlement

Description: 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

9. Beach Stumps

Description: A black and white compilation of horizontal lines form a rendering of a stump., Authur Rundquist; state capital vol III; beach stumps, http://www.laurarusso.com/artists/bio/bio_runquist_ac.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

10. The Canopy

Description: 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

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

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

3. Cats

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

5. Slab Assembly

6. Tracking

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

8. The Settlement

9. Beach Stumps

10. The Canopy