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markings describing the ethereal essence
of light in the outdoor environment.
Via’s landscape art is in the gap be-
tween the actual landscape of inspiration
and the resulting abstraction as seen in
Urban Wall, Atlanta, 1977 and if a canvas
is a close approximation of the scene it
represents, we might admire its resultant
artwork for the experience of nature. We
have become accustomed, particularly
since abstract expressionism, to look for
the nature not so much the scene as of the
artist — Jackson Pollock’s I am Nature. I
would go so far as to say that the content of
Margaret Via’s body of work reflects is-
sues of formalism as well as transient per-
sonal emotion.
Her distillation of nature is in the area
of what is absent. What’s missing, not
readily apparent in the concrete appear-
ance of nature, becomes the defining qual-
ity of her landscape painting. Human con-
sciousness may be the focal point at which
the value to both the artist and the viewer
of landscapes is the out flowing of oneself
into this more open state that will never be
the property of a single individual.
Eugene artists often feel isolated from
the broader art world; their personal pain
of so many local artists exists in large part
because artists become dispirited in a cul-
ture that pays accountants more than it
pays artists, and so the visual artist not
only faces rejection – they must find a
means of support that will not drain them
of spirit. But most importantly of all, the
visual artist must continue doing and being
artistic, and remain engaged with the part
of themselves that produces art. I admire
Margaret Via’s ability as a landscape artist
and her continued artistic vision. This is
and exhibition not to be missed by one of
Eugene’s most accomplished visual
artists.
Mike Walsh
Eugene
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Masonic Cemetery
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Eugene City Councilor David Kelly
Eugene City Councilor Betty Taylor
Lane County Commissioner Peter Sorenson
State Representative Paul Holvey
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Former Eugene City Councilor Paul Nicholson
Former U.S. Congressman Jim Weaver
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Jon Belcher
Lee & Margaret Boutell
Leslie Brockelbank
Roscoe Caron
Michael Carrigan
Peter Chabarek
Sarah Charlesworth
Ron Chase
Steve Christensen
Dr. Kathleen Cordes
Ruth Duemler
Lola J. Fritz
Linda O. Fuller
Olga & Jim Garcia
Dr. Geoff Gordon
Barbara Haase, CSJP
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Araminta Hawkins
Drs. Gary & Jan Halvorson
Carol Henning
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Paul & Karen Jorgensen
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