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James Cloutier (born circa 1938) is an American illustrator, cartoonist, and graphic designer, best known for his humorous cartoon illustrations that both celebrate and poke fun at the culture of Oregon. ==Biography== Cloutier was born in Portland and attended high school there. He spent two years in the Navy then came to the University of Oregon (UO) in Eugene on a baseball scholarship in 1958; he also studied art. While on a summer break from college, he traveled to Ethiopia to build classrooms. After graduation, because of his love for Africa, he returned there as a member of the first Peace Corps group in Kenya.〔 He returned to the UO to study photography through the journalism school as the UO's MFA program did not include photography. He received his MFA in photography in 1969, one of the first two students at the UO to do so.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Guide to the James Cloutier Photographs )〕 For his terminal project, he produced a notable book of photographs about the small town of Alpine, Oregon: ''Alpine Tavern: Photographs of a Social Gathering Place''.〔 In 1972 he began producing "Oregon Ungreeting Cards" with Frank Beeson.〔 The card company was inspired by the popularity of the sentiments expressed by Governor Tom McCall regarding an influx of out-of-state migration to Oregon.〔 The cards both poked fun at Oregon culture and humorously discouraged newcomers by exaggerating, among other things, how much it rained in the state.〔 One of the more popular slogans on the company's cards, shirts, and bags was "Oregonians don't tan, they rust." In the 1980s he founded the Image West Press to publish his popular "Orygone" cartoon books which include ''Orygone III'' (1977), ''Orygone IV'' (1978), ''Orygone Too'' (1980), ''The Best of Orygun'' (1982), and ''Orygone I'' (1984).〔〔 Cloutier lives in Eugene.〔 In 2006, he painted a mural on the side of the St. Vincent dePaul Society's First Place Family Shelter in Eugene.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「James Cloutier」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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