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| OAC Identifier | FUN: 89-17 |
| Title | The Bouquet |
| Artwork Description | What appears to be a floral still life comes to life with the activity of a number of small figures and a ship disguised among the flowers. Red, orange, yellow, and green add color to the otherwise black-and-white composition. |
| Description on Object | The Boquet; S. Funkhouser; 24 x 18 inches |
| Notes | This artwork was awarded in 1989 to Western Oregon State College (WOSC). WOSC became Western Oregon University in 1997.
For a map of the campus, see http://www.wou.edu/wou/maps/ |
| Artist Statement | The inspiration for this print is Jacques Callot, the French printmaker of the 1600's who went to Italy and etched portraits of the Italian actors and their large theatrical productions, among other things. The bouquet is a thank you to him and the incredible gift his etchings are to printmakers and any student of history. Standing in the center of the bouquet is one of Callot's favorite actors in a bow of gratitude and mischievousness. Other actors dance or perform on the leaves and table along with a Greek musician, a juggler, and a skin diver while a ship moves through the water above near a flower whose petals look like waves. In my prints I have continued to explore creation of an atmosphere which combines air, water, and land. Much of the imagery floats through this atmosphere on missions of their own, but each print has an overall theme which loosely ties them together. My goal is to combine many images or elements which provide new and different interpretations for each viewer or each viewing. This way I hope the print remains fresh and that the viewer will always have something new to discover. I believe my work could loosely be described as surrealistic. (Funkhouser, 1989.) |
| LC Subject | Prints
Printmakers
Etching
Chine colle
Flowers in art
Circus performers
Ships
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| AAT Subject | printmaking
etchings (prints)
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| Creator | Funkhouser, Sheryl
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| Artist URL | http://www.luciadouglas.com/artists/artists_list/funkhouser.html |
| Regional Arts Council | 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 |
| Artwork Creation Date | 1988 |
| Award Date(s) | 1989
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| Installation Date | 1989 |
| Medium | Printmaking
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| Artwork Measurements | 24 x 18 inches |
| Materials/Technique | etching with chine colle |
| Source Format | slide
color
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| Artwork Site | Monmouth Oregon. Western Oregon University. Residence Hall
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| Location | second floor lobby |
| Site Address | 345 N. Monmouth Ave., Monmouth Oregon |
| County | Polk County, Oregon
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| Image Processing History | Master tiff image captured at 4000 pixels across the long edge using SilverFast AI 6.0 software. Digital images in tiff format are archived and saved. Adobe Photoshop CS2 used to reorient and crop image, set and neutralize shadow and highlight points, adjust levels, contrast and sharpen as needed. Second production tiff saved. Color profile converted from Adobe RGB (1998) to sRGB IEC61966-2.1, resolution revised to 125 pixels, resize longer dimension to 875 pixels; save display jpeg at quality level 6. |
| Rights | Copyright is retained by the artist or author. All rights reserved. |
| Contributors | University of Oregon Libraries; Oregon Arts Commission |
| Publisher | University of Oregon Libraries
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| Digital Collection Title | University of Oregon. Libraries. Oregon Public Percent for Art Digital Collection.
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