Portland Art Museum 5/5

An outstanding multi-floor wall display of art and shadows.  Lots of interesting shapes casting interesting shadows.  I really liked it -- great concept!

great shapes & details -- very cool to view & study from different distances & angles

Looking down the wall...

[it really is looking down the wall, but to me my picture looks like a ceiling shot]

Looking up the wall...

Well, that wraps up my pics from a day in Portland and a week in Oregon back in August, 2011.  All in all it was a great time: visiting friends and relaxing along the coast, driving the Gorge, spending a day in Portland, listening to some great music at the Pickathon, and taking a few pics along the way.

[Links: A blog I've been following for a while is Semi-True Tales Of Our Life On The Road which provides a really nice armchair experience of Odel & Laurie's RV travels -- great pictures, great ideas of places worth visiting someday.   Laurie's latest post has some excellent Mt. Rainier pictures.]

Portland Art Museum 4/5

Portland Art Museum 3/5

a raven mask/headdress that can transform into a sun face

talon ankle wraps

a mask perhaps intended to be worn by one with laryngitis to convey their sense of hoarseness?

Portland Art Museum 2/5

 1937 Dubonnet Hispano-Suiz H-6C "Xenia"

Note how the doors open backwards on this car.  Incredible curves / engine grill.  The curved glass panoramic windshield design was apparently not used again until GM started using curved glass in the 1950's.

 1937 Mercedes-Benz 540K Special Roadster

About 400 540Ks were produced, but only twenty-six Special Roadsters were completed before the war halted production.

 1931 Duesenberg SJ Convertible Sedan

Built by the Auburn-Cord-Duesenberg Company in Auburn, Indiana.  The Duesenberg was the fastest American production car until the Chrysler 300 series in the mid-1950s.

 1939 Talbot-Lago T-150-C-SS

 1933 Pierce-Arrow Silver Arrow

The Pierce-Arrow was the choice of wealthy owners and rivaled Packard for prestige.  It pioneered the extensive use of aluminum and was the first automaker to feature hydraulic valve operation.  This car is one of three survivors.

A very appropriate hood ornament for a 1933 Pierce-Arrow Silver Arrow automobile

OK, well that's it for my car pics of the "Allure of the Automobile" exhibit at the Portland Art Museum, next up...  "normal" museum stuff!