One of my favorite seasons to witness is the time when Alaskans are able to dip-net or set-net an allotted amount of salmon. Families spend weeks camping on the beach combining tents, campers, and constructing the most creative of temporary living quarters. Swarms of sand-covered kids dodge the waves, beach sculptures of driftwood, running with cousins, aunts and uncles, grandparents and great grandparents- a wonderful annual reunion that celebrates extended families. ATV’s and vehicles of all kinds including the token beach -equipped tow-truck that finds its fortune in rescuing the occasional sand-buried truck) Shanty fish camps all around with some sporting generators for deep chest freezers- and of course all the beach campfires- although at this time of year it never really gets dark as the sun stays up most of the night. There is nothing like it. It is special and unique to Alaska. I was inspired to capture a few of these precious moments before they disappear with time.
“Set-Netters in a Boat on Kasilof Beach Alaska” 11×14 inches
Oil on gallery Canvas SOLD
“Set-Netter Line” on Kasilof Beach Alaska Oil on Gallery Canvas 30 x 48 in
“Waiting for the Tide #1” Woman on the Kasilof River Mouth, Alaska. Watercolor 11x14in
“Alaskan Children at Play” Oil on gallery canvas. 30 x 40 inches. I loved the beautiful family moment in this scene where they are processing the fish they caught. The chalk-board sign made me smile. I could imagine my own kids whining: “Dad- can we please go ride the quads?” and he replying “You know the rules: Only after we filet this 50lb of fish!” Only in Alaska!
“A Moment of Reflection” Oil on Gallery Canvas. 22 x 28 inches. This scene depicts the hundreds of Alaskans that gather on the river beach to dip-net for salmon.
“Cabins On Kasilof Beach” Fish-camp on Kasilof Beach. Oil on Gallery Canvas 14 x 18 in
“Day’s End: Dip-netter on the Kenai River, Alaska Oil on gallery canvas 34 x 36 inches
“Girl on the Shore of the Kenai River” Watercolor. 8×10 inches. Kids love the water, (even though its about 40 degrees F even in the summer) during the dip-netting camping season.
Two Girls on the Beach of the Kenai River. Watercolor 7.5 x 10.5 inches
“Two Set-Netters” Oil on gallery canvas. 16 x 20 inches
“Fishing Family” Clam Gulch Alaska Oil on 5/8 Canvas SOLD
“Two People Fishing” Clam Gulch Alaska Oil on 5/8 18 x 24 inches canvas
These are some of my favorite places on the Kenai Peninsula:
“Ferry at Halibut Cove” oil on gallery canvas 24 x 30 inches
“Seldovia” Alaska oil on gallery canvas
“Kenai River at Midnight” Alaska. My family was fishing at 12:30 midnight. Alaska is called ‘the place of the Midnight Sun’. The long night is one of my favorite things about Alaska. The sky burst with fire and the roar of the river was so powerful tears ran down my face. I am so blessed to be a part of Alaska . SOLD
“Whittier Alaska” Oil on gallery canvas 18 x 24 inches
“Russian Church in Kenai Alaska” oil on gallery canvas. SOLD
“Boat Buoys on the side of a Boat” Homer Alaska. Oil on gallery canvas 22 x 28 inches
“Wishin’ I was Fishin'” Boats in Homer. 22 x 28 Acrylic on gallery canvas
“Veronica’s Cafe” Old Town Kenai Alaska. Oil on gallery canvas 14 x 18 inches“Ninilchik Russian Church” Ninilchik Alaska. Oil on gallery canvas 18 x 24 inches
“Homer Overlook” Oil on board. 10×20 inches SOLD
“Don’s Sunset” Shirleyville Alaska. Oil on 5/8 canvas 18 x 24 inches
“Hope Springs Eternal” Seward Alaska. Oil on Gallery Canvas 22 x 28 inches. As Alaska is cut off from the Lower 48, people learned to keep everything. Appliances, scrap material and especially old cars. As Alaskans had to be self-reliant a junkyard of old materials could be scrapped and used again for something else. They became quite the up-cyclers. This old beauty was saved from scrapping, no doubt with the hope of restoring her- yet time and the elements eat at her each year.
“Kenai River Poster 2018” A poster I made for the 2018 Kenai River Festival. Gouache on watercolor paper
“Boat on Homer Spit” Homer Alaska. oil on gallery canvas 18 x 24 inches
“Tree at Tern Lake” Acrylic on 5/8″ canvas 18 x 24 inches. This was one of the most photographed trees in Alaska until s storm took out one of its trunks.
