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    Montana a Symbolic Figure to be Placed at the Entrance of the North Montana State Fair Grounds at Great Falls Montana
    (University of Oregon, 1942-05) Conrad, Cyril Harry
    Several clay sketches were made, studied, and set aside for future reference. Then a scale model of a portion of the fair grounds and the centrally located Mercantile Building was constructed. Reducing the preliminary with them in relation to their environment brought about many interesting problems. Early conceptions were based on the close association of the piece of sculpture with the Mercantile Building, which is a long horizontal building with a central tower. Therefore, all the early sketches were dominantly horizontal with a subordinate vertical.
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    A Series of Oil and Watercolor Paintings
    (University of Oregon, 1954-06) Braun, John C.
    The graduate student, choosing to direct his energies and further his experience in painting and drawing should avail himself wholeheartedly to the percepts and concepts of his instructors and associates. Perhaps the period of undergraduate work can be characterized as an opportunity for gaining an awareness of particulars; such as acquiring an observable knowledge of all the tools and techniques of his practice in a general familiarization with works done in painting and related fields. If so, the graduate student, while continuing to expand his grasp of process and of things done must work for an order of experience whereby outward observable knowledge and knowledge from within through thought exist mutually and unite to form a sympathetic and cyclic pattern. It seems to me the observation can be characterized as impersonal and inner thought as personal. My paintings, and overall character, expressed an in personal attitude -- at least there is a quality of this nature about them that disturbs me. This criticism is constructive for me and has no disparaging connotation for those who have, conscientiously, assisted my development. The impersonal self in my work is alarmingly evident -- the sameness and stylistic character throughout attests to this. Apparently I was trying to excel as a painter in name; to initiate a recognizable self-expression and not to enlarge my experiences whereby the paintings would be a natural consequence.