Birgitte’s Ladder by Mark Andres
- Title: Birgitte’s Ladder
- Artist: Mark Andres
- Medium: Acrylic on canvas
- Size: 30"h x 40"w
- Donor: On loan from artist
- Campus: Rock Creek
- Location: 9/1 Administration entry rm 115
This painting was made on the SE Bybee bridge in Portland where a golf club and the train yard are strange bedfellows. Â The artist set up his easel in traffic and wind in an effort to convey a sense of distance and nearness. Â The red ladder was left by PGE workers, and gave the composition a firm anchor as railway and road fan away in opposite directions. Â The painting was named after the then Dean of Instruction at Rock Creek Campus, Birgitte R., who wanted to take the painting with her when she left.