Sea Level Series 2022
As a species we have ventured onto the sea for as long as we’ve had the means to do so and the experience is common enough. This belies how remarkable a thing it is—the solid land we’re native to is there, the shifting sea we cannot stand on is here.
I spend time looking back at solid land from the sea in a very small craft and it has subtly changed my perception. The names we give to the things that we know seem to encapsulate them well enough, seem to touch at their meaning and inner consistency. I think we have somewhat deceived ourselves.
The sea is an exacting teacher of the difference between what is real and what is thought. I’ve quieted myself in the last few years and this is what I find—the words we use deliver abstraction more than meaning. When language rests what is real rushes to take its place. This is what I attempt to paint.
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STILLNESS I acrylic and graphite on wooden panel 64"X 49" $3900.
SLACK TIDE I acrylic and graphite on wooden panel 32"X 49" $2600.
TWO TREES BY THE RIVER acrylic and graphite on wooden panel 49"x 32" $2600.
MOVING WATER acrylic and graphite on wooden panel 32"X 49" $2600.
HEAVY SKY II acrylic and graphite on wooden panel 49"x 32" $2600.
DARK SEA I acrylic and graphite on wooden panel 32"X 49" $2600.
HEAVY LIGHT OVER THE BAY acrylic and graphite on wooden panel 49"x 32" $2600.
SMALL BAY AFTER DARK acrylic and graphite on wooden panel 32"X 49" $2600.
MOIST AIR acrylic and graphite on wooden panel 49"x 32" $2600.
GOLDEN LIGHT I acrylic and graphite on wooden panel 32"X 49" $2600.
HEAVY SKY I acrylic and graphite on wooden panel 49"x 32" $2600.
APPROACHING SHORE acrylic and graphite on wooden panel 32"X 49" $2600.
THE CURVATURE OF THE WORLD acrylic and graphite on wooden panel 49"X 32" $2600.
BACKLIT acrylic and graphite on wooden panel 32"X 49" $2600.
THE TWO TREES acrylic and graphite on wooden panel 49"x 32" $2600.
PRE-DAWN LIGHT acrylic and graphite on wooden panel 32"X 49" $2600.
VALLEY IN SNOW acrylic and graphite on wooden panel 36"X 24" $1700.
LOW HORIZON acrylic and graphite on wooden panel 32"X 49" $2600.
LIGHT ON THE WATER acrylic and graphite on wooden panel 32"X 49" $2600.
VALLEY IN SUMMER acrylic and graphite on wooden panel 36"X 24" $1700.
NARROW HARBOR acrylic and graphite on wooden panel 24"X 36" $1700.

TRAIN WINDOW acrylic and graphite on wooden panel 24"X 36" $1700.
MUD BAY acrylic and graphite on wooden panel 49"X 43" $3100.
THE VALLEY BEFORE DAWN acrylic and graphite on wooden panel 24"X36" $1700.
THE SEA AT MIDNIGHT acrylic and graphite on wooden panel 24"X36" $1700.
THE WATER PEOMS #29 acrylic and graphite on wooden panel 24"X36" SOLD
ISLANDS IN THE FOG acrylic and graphite on wooden panel 24"X40" $1800.
THE SALISH SEA I acrylic and graphite on wooden panel 36"X 49" $2800.
DROPPING INTO THE COLUMBIA BASIN acrylic and graphite on wooden panel 36"X 49" $2800.
THE SNOW POPLARS I acrylic and graphite on wooden panel 36"X 24" SOLD
LATE DUSK acrylic and graphite on wooden panel 36"X 49" $2800.
TREES ALONG THE SKAGIT acrylic and graphite on wooden panel 36"X 49" $2800.
WIDE BEND IN THE SKAGIT acrylic and graphite on wooden panel 49"X 43" $3100.
ALL OF THE DARKNESS AT DAWN acrylic and graphite on wooden panel 49"X 43" $3100.
THE SEA AT NIGHT acrylic and graphite on wooden panel 18"X 24" $1200.
THE DEEP BLUE SEA acrylic and graphite on wooden panel 49"X 54" $3700.
THE BLACK HARBOR acrylic and graphite on wooden panel 49"X 50" diptych $3600.
STILLNESS II acrylic and graphite on wooden panel 49"X 64" $3900.
STILLNESS III acrylic and graphite on wooden panel 49"X 54" $3700.
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