Animal Art in Oregon

Just for fun, a few pictures of animal art and sculpture that I randomly photographed while visiting Eugene, Yachats, and Portland in Oregon on the north-west Pacific Coast of America. With the exception perhaps of the parrot, they reflect the widespread appreciation of the rich wildlife of the region.

Door handles fashioned as suckered octopus arms

Driftwood sculpture horse on Portland, Oregon

Life sized carved wooden bear at the Overleaf Lodge in Yachats, Oregon.

Bronze sculpture of a salmon on a museum on the campus of the university in Eugene, Oregon.

Wood carving of water bird on house in Eugene, Oregon.

Metal fireguard adorned with sea stars and bull kelp at Overleaf Lodge, Yachats, Oregon

Whale painting on the side of a house in Yachats, Oregon.

Carved wooden eagle at Overleaf Lodge, Yachats, Oregon.

Carved wooden salmon wall decoration in Overleaf Lodge, Yachats, Oregon.

Embroidered parrot displayed at lan Su Chinese Garden in Portland, Oregon

Driftwood resembling seated baby elephant at Yachats, Oregon.

Bronze bear eating a salmon in a horse trough in Portland, Oregon

Carved and painted seabird chess pieces at Overleaf Lodge in Yachats, Oregon.

Wood whale carving on house at Yachats, Oregon.

Bronze wolf head and mythical beast on museum in Eugene, Oregon

6 Replies to “Animal Art in Oregon”

centralohionature says:

January 8, 2015 at 8:13 pm

Quite a collection!

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winderjssc says:

January 8, 2015 at 8:31 pm

Thank you.

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Jo Woolf says:

January 9, 2015 at 8:10 am

Wow, some really imaginative art! I like the fish ‘built into’ the house. A friend of ours has produced a similar sculpture, of a shark’s head, which is adorning a building somewhere in Yorkshire, I think. I love the door handles too.

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winderjssc says:

January 9, 2015 at 3:23 pm

Thank you, Jo. It seemed a place where everyone was in tune with the environment and this joy of nature found expression in all sorts of art and crafts.

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aidymcglynn says:

January 11, 2015 at 2:22 pm

Brilliant collection of images. Some great artwork there – difficult to pick a favourite, but the salmon bursting through the brickwork is very impressive!

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winderjssc says:

January 11, 2015 at 10:00 pm

It’s fun recording the ways in which nature is used in artwork. That driftwood elephant was really just a bit of driftwood in a stream that I thought looked like an elephant – so I guess it’s all in the eye of the beholder, nature merges into art.

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