The Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts

I am the master of my fate;

SOLD

Digital image printed on William Turner

 paper mounted on a birch panel.

June 21, 22 & 23

is the 50th Anniversary of the 

Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts...

In the hall of the Lakewood Center there 

will be 50 pieces on 24"x 24" 

birch panels celebrating 

50 years of art.

Opening Reception:

Friday, June 21, 2013

6 - 7 p.m.

KeyBank Pavilion Tent

Some involved are:

Ben Rood

Cyan Bott

Lisa Onstad

Kyle Durrie

David Bernard

Bill Schlegel

Jack Voekel

Benny Soeby

Jesse Reno

Dylan Burt

William Park

Cassandra Poulson

Theresa Andreas O'Leary

Bob Schlegel

John Allgood

Lisa Wiser

Judy Wise

Laura Buchan

Jan Rothermel

Stephanie Lee

Annie Goodrich

And a Eugene Favorite Painter:

Sarah Refvem

I am excited to be invited to participate and

hope to see you there!

While in town be sure to head over to

OCAC for a look at the Alumni Show.

Object Acquisition #77- 300.4.18 Facial Casts

Documenting objects from The Hunt Show:

Object Acquisition # 77- 300.4.18

Object interpreted and Statement by Ben Rood

When I first approached my objects at the Oregon Health and Science University I got the feeling that early science often gives me, the creeps. The plaster casts of facial deformities were crudely assembled and displayed. The molds were coated with a pinkish wax and bits of eyebrows were stuck to them, mounted like medical trophies I couldn’t help being semi-repulsed. I was looking at human faces but to me they did not at all feel like they were human. In response to these objects I created a body of work that examined and abstracted natural structures. A series of small mixed media paintings on board mounted in frames. The level of abstraction forces the viewer to closely examine the paintings but never offers any answer as to what or why. The idea is to create both attraction and frustration, much like I felt looking at the original objects.