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Write Around PAM: Wally Dion
Wally Dion created Green Star Quilt out of computer circuit boards, brass wire, and copper tubing, rather than the fabric squares of a traditional quilt. As Native American Art Curator […]
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Daily Art Moment: Frank Okada
Frank Okada once described his work as being “dedicatory in nature.” He said, “My parents, through good and bad times, always placed the first portion of newly cooked rice before […]
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Daily Art Moment: Pierre Bonnard
After a hot, dry, summer, I cheered the recent return of rain to Portland. More than 100 years ago, French artist Pierre Bonnard captured the magic of a rainy night […]
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Write Around PAM: Larry Poons
Color can evoke such strong feelings and memories, and allow us to engage with our senses in new ways. This painting by Larry Poons calls to mind summer delights: cotton […]
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Daily Art Moment: Shirley Gittelsohn
Shirley Gittelsohn’s Family Portrait is featured in the current exhibition, Portraiture from the Collection of Northwest Art. The painting depicts her adult children, the family pets, her relaxed husband, herself, […]
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Daily Art Moment: Sun Yi
This joyful, exuberant painting is an example of the rich vocabulary of auspicious symbols in Chinese art. The combination here of flowering peonies with pink crabapple and white magnolia blossoms, […]
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Write Around PAM: Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer
This still life painting by Jean-Baptiste and Antoine Monnoyer captures a richness of color, texture, shadow, and light. The blossoms and fruits evoke a bountiful energy that invites us to […]
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Daily Art Moment: Nez Perce artist
With the school year beginning, I began to think about children and how objects such as dolls are so universal. This Nez Perce doll was surely made for children in […]
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Daily Art Moment: Diego Rivera
It’s back-to-school time! In this lithograph of 1932, Mexican muralist Diego Rivera celebrates the importance of “education for all” as one of the guiding tenets of the Mexican Revolution. Here, […]
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Daily Art Moment: Lewis W. Hine
I think of photographer Lewis Hine every Labor Day. He was deeply affected by the long hours and low pay he earned while working to help support his widowed mother […]
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Write Around PAM: Maude Kerns
Labor Day weekend often represents an end to summertime vacations, but let’s hang on to that energy just a little bit longer through our writing this week. This painting by […]
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Daily Art Moment: Cameron Martin
The highly detailed work Selvian by Cameron Martin both excites and tricks my eye. Is this a photograph? A screenprint? A painting? Martin draws from multiple processes to create this […]