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| Title | A Crow |
| Artwork Description | In this piece, a crow emerges from an abstract build-up of color. The crow looks over its shoulder toward the right side of the picture plane, where there is a yellow circular form and what appears to be an inscription of the number four. |
| Description on Object | Rick Bartow; A Crow; 1994; 19 x 25 inches |
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| LC Subject | Acrylic painting
Birds in art
Birds
Crow art
Crows
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| AAT Subject | painting (image-making)
paintings (visual works)
acrylic paintings
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| Creator | Bartow, Rick
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| About the Artist | The frailty of life on this planet and the need to recognize the interconnectedness of all species are common threads that weave through Bartow's work. His Yurok Indian heritage and his experiences in Vietnam are the source of these feelings and nurture his imagery. Crow/raven and a pantheon of other animals, including man, figure prominently in his work. He reanimates the ancient myths of Northwest peoples into his visual language. Once the symbol of rebirth and the spirit of all life, crow is a ghost-like figure in this monotype who knows "he" is no longer central to our lives. (OAC documentation, 1990). A Vietnam veteran and a Yurok tribal member, he addresses grief and fear in his work as means to dismantling them. His work is represented by Froelick Gallery and Stonington Gallery. (Data provided at http://www.npr.org/programs/talkingplants/features/2003/bartow/index.html. Reviewed on 04/09/07.) |
| Artist URL | http://www.froelickgallery.com/Artist-Detail.cfm?ArtistsID=227 |
| 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 Lane Arts. You may view their website at http://www.lanearts.org/ |
| Award Date(s) | 1995
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| Medium | Painting
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| Artwork Measurements | 19 x 25 inches; 28 x 34 inches, framed |
| Materials/Technique | arylic on paper |
| Source Format | slide
color
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| Artwork Site | Eugene Oregon. University of Oregon. Knight Library
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| Location | second floor, by the ITC center |
| Site Address | 1501 Kincaid Street, Eugene Oregon |
| County | Lane 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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