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paintings range in style from realistic to nonobjective. Yet they have one characteristic in common: they embody a mystical feeling toward life and the universe. This mystical approach stems partly from the artists' awareness of the overwhelming forces of nature which surround them, partly from the influence of the Orient whose cultures have seeped into the communities that line the U.S. Pacific Coast. The painters of
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on canvas. They also used these media on paper and wood. Morris Graves worked for periods in three dimensional forms, using steel and glass and stone, among other materials. Guy
Anderson, whose main medium was oil painting, also made works from bronze and had "collages" around his home of found
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403:(1910–2001)
397:(1905–1986)
391:(1906–1998)
360:Tony Angell
289:Zoe Dusanne
206:Puget Sound
63:Puget Sound
45:post office
32:Carl Morris
1426:Modern art
1415:Categories
1270:Leo Kenney
1204:Mark Tobey
1012:1 December
992:Essay 5328
972:1 December
951:2007-09-22
927:Essay 3844
907:1 December
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867:1 December
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829:Essay 3831
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749:Essay 3829
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563:References
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418:Leo Kenney
407:Mark Tobey
312:Dark Globe
296:surrealism
210:aesthetics
185:Mark Tobey
164:Mark Tobey
113:Influences
104:Mark Tobey
1065:0024-3019
642:Wehr 2000
420:, drawing
322:Influence
123:Mysticism
1386:Fishtown
1182:Big Four
383:Big Four
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1175:Artists
282:mystics
239:gouache
231:tempera
143:Seattle
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300:cubism
275:chroma
271:pastel
308:Prism
246:Style
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1061:ISSN
1056:LIFE
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1014:2013
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