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Train Yard by Mark Andres

  • Title: Train Yard
  • Artist: Mark Andres
  • Medium: Acrylic on canvas
  • Size: 24"h x 36"w
  • Creation date: 2006
  • Donor: On loan from artist
  • Campus: Hillsboro Center
  • Location: Main Lobby

Painted from the University Park Neighborhood above the train yards, this work celebrates the burly, industrial architecture of Portland framed by the delicacy of the light over the West Hills. The lyric combination of chunky industrial and delicate natural forms is unique to this neighborhood.