Commercial Fishing Days

New work from this spring, 100 sumi ink drawings from my days commercial fishing in Alaska. These were all people I fished with and boats I fished on. The salmon boat was the Marvel, my own 32" troller.The Longliners were the schooner Arrow and the Memories. Sumi ink, 3" x6", some collaged surface with old navigation charts.

2013 Workshop Schedule

Summer schedule July 14 one day August 11 one day, in time for the Fair! September, Weekend, 13,14,15

The Presses are Rolling.....

I've taken a little breather from the Hospital Heritage Mural project to do some linocuts. With not much printing experience, I'm learning something new with each one. All small about 4" x 6"-ish. I've been reading a lot about printmakers over at Linosaurus, well researched blog by Gerrie in Holland.

3 color print

2 color print on chart with color stamps

3 color print

single color on abstracted acrylic+ collage on paper

2 color print with seamless spliced in correction What's next? Reduction Prints, more fishing prints, more printing, more to follow.

Peace Island Hospital Heritage Mural is done, done and done!!! Except for one final piece, so I guess it's not quite done.Finished a few hours before the opening.....with a couple of hours to spare!

New Hospital Mural Design

Working out design ideas for my next mural project for the new hospital here in Friday Harbor. I'll be posting mural panels as they are completed this summer. Here is a scale model of the project, 63 inches which will translate into 63 feet for the finished mural.Lots of painting in my future.....

Painting out on location in the San Juans

Got out on a late spring morning and painted with my friend Dana Nunnelly out at False Bay. There's a great view across to the Olympic Mountains. The weather sits on the straights and the snow capped mountains peak over the top. Low tide at False bay, 7" x 11" Plein air oil.

Mural Panels installed at Roche Harbor

2 big painted panels just went up at Roche Harbor on San Juan Island. Based on historic photos, Here is my interpretation of what the busy harbor might have looked like over 100 years ago. This panel was painted in acrylic with light fast pigments and clear coated, size 5 x 10' Mounted outdoors near the Roche Harbor store.