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The faculty from the University of Washington’s School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences (SAFS) department commissioned this painting. The original is 7 by 15 feet, acrylic on canvas and took me about a year to paint. It’s hanging prominently on the wall at the SAFS building. What is the Salish Sea? Here’s what Wikepedia has to say: The name Salish Sea was coined only in the late 20th century, and was officially recognized by the United States in 2009 and by Canada in 2010, to describe the coastal waterways surrounding southern Vancouver Island and Puget Sound between Canada and the United States of America. Its major bodies of water are Puget Sound, the Strait of Georgia and the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
There are about 100 species of fish depicted along with the Seattle skyline, Mt. Rainier, a pencil, a paintbrush, a slice of pizza, the Edgewater Hotel, the Kalakala ferry, and Professor Trevor Kincaid. You can get signed art posters of this insanely detailed fish-filled image in our web store by clicking right here.
There’s also a species identification chart posted online if you click right here.
My latest exhibit is down in beautiful Northern California at the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History, right next to Monterey. They have 40 + original drawings, large print-outs, wacky limericks, an original soundtrack by my pal Don Kenoyer, plus cool specimens, models, tables, etc. The heart of the show is a slew of colored pencil drawings I did for a mural project in Pacific Grove with Roberto Salas and Memo Jauregui. The show opened on October 1 and runs until February 1, 2012. You can check out a slideshow gallery of the exhibit by clicking right here.
You can hear samples from Don Kenoyer’s ‘Green Seas/Blue Seas’ soundtrack online at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/donkenoyer2
Here are some photos of two recent collaborative art projects from the summer of 2010. I worked with my pal sculptor Gary Staab to design, cast and install a school of insanely detailed bronze Alaskan fish swimming into the UAF building at Lena Point in Juneau, Alaska. This was a one percent for art project via the State of Alaska.
Check out photos of the piece we’ve titled “Into the Flow’ by clicking right here.
In late July and early August I spent a week ‘funkifying’ the Kenai Fair grounds in Ninilchik Alaska in preparation for the first annual Salmonstock festival. Three days of fish, fun and music in one of the most beautiful parts of the world. Check out our salmon-inspired work by clicking right here.