EFEMERAL ART


ALASKA



SKULL SALE

16x12 inches

Acrylic and Guache on paper 2021




VINTAGE LOVE

16X12 inches

Acrylic, Guache

and Spray Paint on paper

2021



CLOUD BEARIAL

16x12 inches

Acrylic and Guache on paper 2021

NFS



The Sitka Brown Bear is a descendant of polar bears who were trapped on Baranof island when the ice melted. They mixed with mainland grizzly bears and are killed by humans as they snack on trash left out along on their annual migration path to feed on salmon at the mouth of the Indian River. Cloud berries are replaced by McFlurries.



SEALED

10x8 inches

Acrylic and Guache on watercolor board

2021, NFS



NORTH SLOPE

12x16 inches 2021

Guache and Tape on paper

NFS



CAUGHT PLASTIC

16x12 inches

Guache on paper 2021


Seventy-five years ago my grandfather was a commercial fisherman in Alaska right before the adoption of nylon fishing nets. These nets were recently banned in efforts to save the King Salmon population from extinction. I followed his footsteps up to Sitka and spoke with local fisherman about the ecological and economic crisis that has been accumulating for decades. These paintings reflect the environmental enormity of warming waters and drifting non-decompostible ghost nets that continue catching fish long after they are lost in the ocean.




NORTH SLOPE II

10x8 inches

Guache and Acrylic on Board 2021




FIREWEED

12x16 inches

Acrylic, Guache and tape on paper

2021