Artwork copyright Stu Levy. Photo courtesy of the artist, 1985.

Artwork copyright Stu Levy. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2017.

Columbia Gorge, Near Bonneville Locks, 1983, 1983

Stu Levy
(American, born 1948)

Location: Oroville Elementary, Oroville

ABOUT THE ARTWORK

'Columbia Gorge, Near Bonneville Locks' was taken by photographer Stu Levy along the old Columbia Gorge Highway near Eagle Creek. This piece is part of the artist's body of work that focuses on variations in the quality of light during different seasons in the Columbia River Gorge region. Levy describes the region as a "unique and fragile area of exquisite beauty which I strongly feel must be preserved and protected from further invasion by man."

This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with Oroville School District.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Portland, Oregon-based photographer Stu Levy creates images that explore and celebrate the natural landscape. Many of his images focus on the Columbia River Gorge region in Washington and Oregon, near his home. He notes, “The landscape, however, is only my stimulus or point of departure. I ask the question, ‘What else is the landscape,’ and it is the ‘what else’ that I try to photograph.”

Stu Levy became fascinated by photography as a child. He was a photographer for his high school and college yearbooks, and became a medical doctor. In 1979, he attended a workshop in Yosemite National Park taught by the famous photographer Ansel Adams (1902-1984). Levy went on to teach at the Ansel Adams Workshops during the 1908s. He lives in Portland, Oregon, and has led photography workshops on the Oregon Coast since the 1980s.