This gallery is
a tribute to Conde McCullough, who was Oregon’s Bridge Engineer from 1919-1935.
He built Oregon's outstanding arched bridges…many on the coast…but
a few scattered around the state. Having photographed these bridges,
we will never look at a bridge the same way again!!!
Each image is a hand brushed acrylic painting stretched on canvas.
The entire 16 pictures make a color matched unit with quite a punch!
McCullough's bridges always snuggle into the site and he labored to
make them pleasing to the eye. He pioneered the design and construction
methods necessary to build cost effective concrete arch bridges.
Lucky are we that they have been maintained or refurbished since the 20's
and 30's... The Golden Age of Engineering.
McCullough is credited with helping design & build
600 bridges in his career. Among them,
our favorites are listed below.
Coastal Paintings:
Yaquina Bay Bridge at Sunset and
Yaquina
Bay at Newport
McCullough
Bridge at Cape Creek (a double high set of arches!)
Bridge over Big Creek near
Waldport
Bridge over Rocky Creek,
often called the Ben Jones Bridge
McCullough Bridge over the Wilson
River in Tillamook
The Patterson Bridge over the
Rogue River in Gold Beach
Bridge over the Umpqua River
at Reedsport
McCullough Bridge at Depot Bay,
the world's smallest harbor
McCullough Memorial Bridge
at North Bend in North Bend (Coos Bay)
Bridge paintings from
around the state of Oregon:
Bridge over Dry Canyon
on Rowena Loop road in the Columbia Gorge
The Caveman Bridge in Grants
Pass over the Rogue River
Bridge over the South Umpqua
River in Myrtle Creek;
McCullough Bridge on Boyd Loop Road
in Dufur (Eastern Oregon)
Steel arch bridge over the Crooked
River in Terrebonne
The Willamette River Bridge
in Albany in Albany
Every image in this gallery is an original
painted canvas,
hand brushed with artist acrylic,
hardened
with multiple layers of protective coating
and machine stretched
in gallery wrap style.
Paul and Marilyn Peck
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Last Updated 5-14-2013