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
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
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
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
An ominous beach scene in which the horizon line is delineated near the bottom of the picture plane. The action of the scene takes place in the broad brush strokes used to render the sky in blues and blacks, accented with pink and green., Oregon Clam Diggers; Constance Fowler; State Capitol, http://www.askart.com/askart/f/constance_e_fowler/constance_e_fowler.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
A scene painting depicting net-fishing techniques at a site that resembles places along the Columbia River Gorge around the turn of the 19th century. Title indicates that the location may be Celilo Falls., Ed Quigley; celilo falls; capital, http://www.ochcom.org/quigley, 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 landscape piece that presents scrub brush in the foreground, coniferous trees in the middleground, and green mountains topped with a blue sky and white clouds in the background., Albert Rundquist; portland; oregon landscape; state capital vol III, 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
An impressionistic rendering of a woman in a red skirt and a dark top sitting on a patio at a table under a canopy overlooking a seascape. A silhouetted figure in a hat looms in the background, confronting the viewer. Shown in context at the State Capitol., John Rock; the canopy;state capital III, 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 color study in the spirit of Mark Rothko. Yellow occupies the upper two-thirds of the picture plane, while a light blue occupies the remaining third., Beach at Sandy Cove; Michael Dailey; Capitol, http://www.laurarusso.com/artists/dailey.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
Michael Dailey's painting, Beach at Sandy Cove, shown in context at the State Capitol., Beach at Sandy Cove; Michael Dailey; Capitol, http://www.laurarusso.com/artists/dailey.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