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The Order of Lostine


Found Object Study

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Actual objects are a flat box that I believe was a seed sample box,  the holes are wooden trays. The "stick" holding the can is a back brace to a wooden chair. The tin can was given to me by a friend (June Colony) over at Lostine (Eastern Oregon) The Block is a drill bit holder that my dad made. The rest is my creative process. I have every intent of your eyes being directed to June's rusty tin can that she gave to me in a visit the summer of 2003 and told me to take home and make it "art". In my mind it is a minimalist statement. Oh, I forgot one last thing, the wire holding the tin can is a guitar string from my son Nolan's electric guitar.

To your left, a life size bust of John Oberdorf. I studied John for three months and gave a very close representation of himself. I chose imitation black marble speckled with white to accentuate and differentiate my work. John traveled with me for 13 years until his statue was stolen out of my home in 1984.

 

Photography by Jerry Wilken

 


Meet Elxzi in 1974 with another "Marquette" This photo was taken by Jerry Wilken who is a highly regarded Photographer in the state of Oregon. Jerry graciously has taken many photo's of my earlier works as an artist. The art next to me is a ceramic piece that I hand built and fired. I painted it with acrylic paint rather than use ceramic glaze due to the acrylic paints ability to create a true basic - primary color without the shiny glaze or translucent effect of glazes.

 



The Steatite Stone Sculpture on the right, title "Aboriginal Man" was Photographed by Jerry Wilken. This piece was two feet tall. Weight was close to 45 pounds. Sold to a lady from Denmark. She was visiting a friend from Minnesota and came out to Portland, Oregon to go to the coast and ran into me at the Portland Saturday Market in 1981. I got a letter from her telling me she carried it onto the plane knowing it would be crushed rock if she put it in her luggage. Try carrying something like this on a trans-continental flight now days! 

     Aboriginal Man