Monday, November 5, 2007
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
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