A life-size nude self-portrait woven on a monk's cloth, vanished Monday night from Linfield College where it was being exhibited.

Tamera Bremer was visibly upset when her life-size nude self-portrait titled "the sexy sex: all-nude review rug one," was stolen from the exhibit.

"I don't understand why anyone would want to steal something like this," Bremer, a Linfield professor, said. "Whoever did it doesn't understand what they've done. It's my life's work."

Bremer, who values her work in the five-figure range, claims she laboriously wove into a rug the latch-hook work taking thousands of hours to finish.

The curvy cutout was fashioned from monk's cloth, a heavy cotton, and hand-painted in 10 colors on alpaca yarn, was the first in a five-rug project Bremer has in the works.

Aside from the Portland's artist opus, a video camera and two pieces of student art were also reported missing.

As part of their investigation, McMinnville Police Capt. Dennis Marks said they will be checking with local second-hand stores where the stolen items might have landed.

"But if it's college kids, it's probably in somebody's room," Marks said.