“Buzz Bomb
Sold in 2019 to friends and artists Tim and Beth Haslet(www.timothyhaslet.com). This experimental piece uses reflective and beaded transparent materials to create an indented image of a shrimp. It’s a continued attempt to paint with light. Whidbey islanders commonly use pink “buzz bombs” to catch salmon right off the beach. After splitting the image and raising it slightly I used an undercoating of the particular shade of pink that trigger salmon strikes.
“Passing”
Purchased by Unknown persons in the 2019 Coupeville arts festival. Based on a real moment where one of my kids encountered a bull elk. It stuck out in my mind like a mosaic of color and texture in a passing of time moment.
"GRATUITOUS"
Purchased in 2017 by Bob & Rhonda Severns.
This 3 dimensional illusionistic piece is 1/4” resin and oil with Samish salmon sporting the Asarco smelting plant logo in the belly(where lead collects in the lining of fish). For 68 years heavy metals pollution diminished the largest salmon run in North America. A crab with barnacles is considered “dirty” or dying in the industry. A stark warning considering only 1/3rd of crab larva hatch due to rising temperatures and Ph balance changing in our oceans.
“Ice Box”
Exchanged in 2015 to Jami & Joe Novak. This wood worked frame has a wax inlayed image built up to reflect the color and texture of herring beat up in an ice box 3rd day into salt water fishing. Inspired by my Uncle Ken who, having no male children of his own, took it upon himself to make men out of any of us who were willing to risk fishing the open ocean. Giant swells, close calls so close we couldn’t tell our mothers, extreme cold and pelting rain often made the bounty that much more real and exciting. “Just one more drift.”
“Old Hand”
Created for a friend Mark DeLurze who was celebrating his aging parents. Their 75th anniversary was celebrated with drawings of their hands framed and signed by all their children and grandchildren.
“Piece of Island”
A Painting collaboration with Photographer Kelsey Percy. Oil over warm acrylic to create this scruffy eagle. To see the creation: