Nekia at Springbrook

Nekia soil and acrylic on clayboard panel
24" by 30"
In private collection












Portrait of a profile of the Nekia soil series (Fine, mixed, active, mesic Xeric Haplohumults) on hillslope above Allison Spa, Sringbrook (Newberg), Oregon.

Official series description

(c) 2009 Jay Noller

Great Basin Soil #4

Playa soil and acrylic on panel
24" by 48"

Great Basin Soil #3

Playa soil and acrylic, with salt weeps, on panel
24" by 48"

Great Basin Soil #2

Playa soil and acrylic on panel
24" by 48"

Great Basin Soil #1

Playa soil and acrylic on panel
24" by 48"

Salmon-colored soil under coastal forest

Acrylic on canvas
50" by 66"

Portrait of a profile of the Bandon soil series (Coarse-loamy, isotic, isomesic, ortstein Typic Haplorthods) on marine terrace above Otter Rock Beach, Oregon.

Official series description

(c) 2007 Jay Noller

Mazama tephra blanket

LaPine soil, Mazama volcanic pumice, forest duff, and acrylic on canvas
22" by 30"

Portrait of a soil profile buried beneath a blanket of pumice (tephra) from the collapse of volcanic Mt. Mazama (7,700 years ago) and forest floor detritus. LaPine soil (series designation is a Ashy-pumiceous, glassy Xeric Vitricryands) and other materials collected from central Oregon.



(c) 2007 Jay Noller