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

Collection of Springbrook Properties and permanently installed in the Allison Inn & Spa, Newberg, Oregon.

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

Blacklock I

Acrylic and Blacklock soil on panel
24" by 96"

Portrait of a profile of the Blacklock soil series (Sandy, mixed, isomesic, ortstein, shallow Typic Duraquods) in coastal Lane County, Oregon.


Official series description

(c) 2007 Jay Noller

Roots of Green (detail)

acrylic and soil on zinc-coat sheet metal and chipboard panel
9 feet by 4 feet

Global soilscape -- Desert detail
Mounted artwork on Fence Gallery, Center Camp, Burning Man 2007 (Green Man), Black Rock City, Nevada.

(c) 2007 Jay Noller and Gabriel Noller

Roots of Green

acrylic and soil on zinc-coat sheet metal and chipboard panel
9 feet by 24 feet

Global soilscape -- Tundra - Taiga - Prairie - Desert - Savannah - Equatorial Forest
Picture of artist mounting artwork on Fence Gallery, Center Camp, Burning Man 2007 (Green Man), Black Rock City, Nevada.


(c) 2007 Jay Noller and Gabriel Noller

Mirage beneath playa soil

Playa soil and acrylic on panel
48" by 96"

Detail of work



(c) 2007 Jay Noller

Shelly Soil

acrylic on canvas
8" by 24"

Portrait of a profile of the Homefield soil series (Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, calcareous, frigid Cumulic Endoaquolls) near Narrows, Harney County, eastern Oregon.

(c) 2006 Jay Noller

Jory I

acrylic on MDO panel
24" by 96"

Portrait of a profile of the Jory soil series (Xeric Palehumults) near Vineyard Mountain, western Oregon.

(c) 2007 Jay Noller

Oregon coastal soil, south of Three Rocks

acrylic on oak panel

24" by 48"


Portrait of soil profile in seacliff at Three Rocks, near Cascade Head, Oregon

(c) 2007 Jay Noller

Soil (Endoaquic Haplorthods) under the Ohlone Indian Seasonal Camp at Seal Cove (CA)

This painting is currently touring the Pacific Northwest in the 25th Art About Agriculture: By Land and By Sea Show
[http://agsci.oregonstate.edu/aaa/displayart.php?ID=335]

18 inches by 22 inches

acrylic and sand on canvas, framed

(c) 2006 Jay Noller