Trout.....................

............totems.  3-feet tall.  Cedar and metal.

Fish..................

........decoys.  Carved of cedar, fins of tin and lead weighted.

fall migration......

......of cedar salmon.....

Koi......third in the progression

of the painting.....still not done yet...but getting there.

Coy Koi.....Part Two, the Second.........

........more paint....and still not finished...but it's beginning to take on definition.  And I think I'm beginning to get the feel of the water lilies.

Coy Koi...................

acrylic painting in progress (size of wooden panel is about 22 x 17).  Started it a month ago in a rare fit of enthusiam (yes, I never learn), but found some inspiration this weekend to begun anew the process of putting paint to board.  I like the water...the fish is passible...but the water lilies are going to challenge me (what an epitaph: Challenged to the Death by Water Lilies..and here he lies, food for flies, beaten by the Plant Kingdom...a martyr for art."  Catchy eh?

Swimming............

upstream....new Fish Totem. Cedar & metal. 3-feet tall.

Fish Totems.....

continue to spawn.....cedar & metal. 3-feet tall.

And tomorrow is the opening of the HBL Gallery -- the first Monday of each month at 2970 Phipps Lane NE, Salem OR 97305. Phone (503)581-8697. Hours 9AM to 6PM.

Proof of................

concept....cedar fish totem prototype. 3-feet tall.