1859 Spring 2010
1859 Spring 2010
1859 Spring 2010
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Local Habit<br />
INNOVATIVE PEOPLE AND WHAT THEY’RE DOING<br />
29 Artist<br />
in Residence<br />
life in the abstract<br />
for tracy Macewan<br />
32 Top 5<br />
what city-folk don’t<br />
know about rodeo<br />
34 What I’m<br />
Working On<br />
The archaeologist who<br />
found the west’s oldest<br />
human remains<br />
37 Ventures<br />
The green wave<br />
in commuter<br />
vehicles<br />
Meet<br />
the Artist >><br />
by Gerard Longrier<br />
Life in the Abstract<br />
Tracy MacEwan explores color, texture and<br />
complexity in paintings that plot a new<br />
direction for the Abstract movement<br />
PlYIng hIs traDe in a graduate<br />
art history class at University<br />
of Oregon on an otherwise<br />
unblurted day, Tracy MacEwan<br />
blurted, “Where in the hell<br />
has this painter’s work been?”<br />
As much as this acknowledgement<br />
of American Abstract<br />
artist Richard Diebenkorn’s<br />
painting may have startled his<br />
classmates, it was the sound of<br />
a new universe in this medium<br />
erupting for Tracy MacEwan.<br />
It wasn’t until MacEwan was a<br />
graduate student that he realized<br />
his mind processed things<br />
differently—he had dyslexia.<br />
“Going through school reading,<br />
I’d have a hard time settling<br />
on the meaning. So my reading<br />
comprehension was always<br />
challenged,” he says. “Working<br />
visually just seemed to make<br />
sense to me. I found that<br />
when I read about places, I<br />
could use my mind to create<br />
a visual palate to work from,<br />
my own space.” »<br />
<strong>1859</strong> oregon's magazine spring <strong>2010</strong> 29
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