Honor: People and Salmon

Northwest Artists Against Extinction, a project of Save Our wild Salmon Coalition, presents...

Honor: People and Salmon

Honor: People and Salmon, an exhibit of works by artist-advocates who create art to evoke support for restoring salmon and orcas, their lands and waters, and the many communities that honor and cherish these emblematic species. Salmon are intrinsic to the cultures and economies of many Northwest Tribes and an essential food source for endangered Southern Resident orcas.

This project brings artists together to inspire change in perspective and policy that honors past, present and future generations in the stewardship of lands and waters, and fish and wildlife.

Panel Talk

On Thursday, March 23rd, Northwest Artists Against Extinction hosted a panel discussion about honoring people and salmon. Panelists discussed distinct, complementary, and interconnected ways of understanding and advocating for salmon as well as how this keystone species affects and inspires people and communities.

Here is the list of panelists, along with short biographies.

Closing Reception with exhibiting artists - April 15th

ARTWORK ON DISPLAY

CURATOR'S STATEMENT

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Many pieces are available for purchase. See availability and price in the description.

Taelyn Baiza
Pacific Northwest
2021, colored pencil, 14" x 17"

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This piece describes the biodiversity of the Pacific Northwest ecosystem, featuring many native plants and animals that rely on each other to form a healthy environment. Salmon are a keystone species, and their migration fuels the health of this entire habitat, ensuring its survival for current and future generations.

Taelyn is a junior attending Boise High School. Taelyn's hopes that viewers have a renewed appreciation for our wild places and are inspired to protect them.
Taelyn Baiza: Pacific Northwest
Lisa Allison Blohm
New Life Brings Hope
2019, acrylic, 24" x 24"

Price: $750
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This work, painted in the Mandala Style and celebrating New Life & Fertility, features Southern Resident Orcas L77 - Matia (left) with her calf L124; J41 (right) and K27 (bottom) with potential calves. The salmon are female Chinook. The Anemone flowers in center were chosen for their meaning of "anticipation of an important event" and the Orchids were chosen for their meaning of fertility.
Kristian Brevik
Ghost Salmon, Ghosts of Extinction Yet to Come
Lanterns 3 pieces, mixed media, approximately 8"w x 28"l x 12"h"

Price: small $350, large $450
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These 'ghost salmon' lanterns, which I sometimes call 'Ghosts of Extinction Yet to Come' are three-dimensional sculptural lanterns representing species of salmon threatened with extinction - the skeleton of the salmon are revealed as shadow when the lantern is illuminated. The intention of these lanterns is to encourage contemplation of our impacts on other species, and our connections to the life and death cycles of other species.
Sue Coccia
Granny Orca Spirit
2020, pen and ink acrylics, 50" x 36"

Price: $3,900
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The Orca is the largest member of the dolphin family, and this particular Orca “Granny” (J2), was the oldest on record.

The Orca culture is a matriarchal one, and coincidentally Granny had a half-moon notch in her dorsal fin ~ the crescent moon shape symbolizes the Goddess. See within her environment the playful Seal and hiding Frog.

Also known as the Sea Wolf, she swims in pursuit of the Chinook Salmon. Find the Ladybug, she will bring you happiness and joy!
Sue Coccia: Granny Orca Spirit
Sue Coccia
Sockeye
2020, pen and ink acrylics, 24" x 36"

Price: $1500
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Like all other Pacific salmon, Sockeye are born in fresh water. However, they require a lake nearby to rear in. Once hatched, juvenile sockeye will stay in their natal habitat for up to three years, then they swim out to sea, where they feed mainly on zooplankton.

The salmon represents determination and persistence as she is one of Earth’s greatest survivors. Look within to see The Great Blue Heron and the Eagle. Also, “She Who Watches” a quiet powerful petroglyph of the mighty Columbia River Gorge. Look for the Ladybug who will bring you good luck and happiness.
Sue Coccia: Sockeye
Melissa Cole
Between Worlds
2021, acrylic on canvas, 20" x 16"

Price: $585
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Over the last 18 years I have discovered that with the most mundane ingredients I am able to create something that vibrates with its own raw energy. I relish the moments when my creations make people stop and enjoy an experience. I derive much of the inspiration for my artwork from my encounters as a naturalist guide, a childhood spent in India, and by my background in zoology.
Melissa Cole: Between Worlds
Melissa Cole
Tyee Tango
2023, acrylic on canvas, 24" x 24"

Price: $1,185
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Over the last 18 years I have discovered that with the most mundane ingredients I am able to create something that vibrates with its own raw energy. I relish the moments when my creations make people stop and enjoy an experience. I derive much of the inspiration for my artwork from my encounters as a naturalist guide, a childhood spent in India, and by my background in zoology.
Melissa Cole: Tyee Tango
Rosemary Connelli
Within You
2021, woodblock print, 14" x 11"

Price: $100
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My woodblock print "Within You" features a pink salmon scale (left) and a human fingerprint (right) to show the interconnections and similarities between humans and the salmonid population.

After stumbling upon photographs of salmon scales in the fall of 2021, I noticed the similarities in human fingerprints to those of a salmon’s scale. Similar to human fingerprints, every salmon has their own identifiable uniqueness found within their scales. The following salmon scale I carved and found inspiration from is from a pink salmon.

From the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, all salmon have growth ridges within their scales, known as circuli rings: “This type of scale develops marks on it throughout the life of the salmon like the rings of a tree. A trained professional can use scale size, shape, and marks to determine the type and age of the salmon.”

The size and shape of circuli rings on a scale depends on each population, life patterns, and environmental variation. During the summer when more food is available, salmon grow faster than in the winter when food is less abundant. Because of increased food in the summer season and opportunity for the salmon to grow, the circuli is formed faster and is more spaced apart. With the winter season offering less food options, salmon will have decreased growth, thus creating circuli that are formed slower and are spaced closer together. Each ring is an indicator of a moment in a salmon's life, an identifier in understanding their existence, identity, and how intertwined their lives are within the environment.

Rosemary Connelli: Within You
Sarah Crumb
J-Pod, 1976
2022, ink and watercolor, 5" x 7"

Price: $250
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I created this piece in remembrance of Kenneth Balcomb. It is a representation of one of the earliest photos of J-pod that Ken took back in 1976.
Sarah Crumb: J-Pod, 1976
Kate Crump
From Dream to Hand to Memory
2023, acrylic, 18" x 36"

Price: $2,500
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"Salmon dreams; dreaming of seeing one, catching one, even eating one and yet our real chance to interact with a salmon is through catching them. Upon release they become our memories, forever fueling our desire to see the unknown.”

Kate Crump is a fishing guide and lodge owner in Bristol Bay Alaska and on the Oregon coast and advocate for healthy fisheries and ecosystems in both regions.
crump kate from dream
Alyssa Eckert
Salmon Run
2023, pen and watercolor, 9" x 12"

Price: $800
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Alyssa Eckert: Salmon Run
Tom Gross
Creek
2020, oil on canvas, 37" x 31"

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Tom Gross: Creek
Amy Gulick
Art Imitates Life
2015, photograph, mounted on aluminum, 28" x 42"

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Salmon are the great connector — they connect people to each other, to a home stream, and to their true nature. They have created communities and cultures and continue to forge strong identities and relationships across generations. All of the salmon people I’ve met told me that they want their salmon way of life to continue. Forever.
Amy Gulick: Art Imitates Life
Amy Gulick
Catch of the Day
2015, photograph, mounted on aluminum, 28" x 31"

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Salmon are the great connector — they connect people to each other, to a home stream, and to their true nature. They have created communities and cultures and continue to forge strong identities and relationships across generations. All of the salmon people I’ve met told me that they want their salmon way of life to continue. Forever.
Amy Gulick: Catch of the Day
Amy Gulick
Natural Wealth
2016, photograph, mounted on aluminum, 28" x 42"

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Salmon are the great connector — they connect people to each other, to a home stream, and to their true nature. They have created communities and cultures and continue to forge strong identities and relationships across generations. All of the salmon people I’ve met told me that they want their salmon way of life to continue. Forever.
Amy Gulick: Natural Wealth
Karen Hackenberg
Laughing Whale
2022, oil on canvas, 24" x 24"

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My wry Unnatural Disasters paintings comment on climate change denial as evidenced by recent catastrophic global weather events, such as large-scale fires in the west, super-storms, drought, floods, melting glaciers, ocean pollution, and the resulting species extinction. Sporting a cartoonish illustration of a whale to promote drinking water sales, this bottle belies the deadly effects of plastics on marine species - on salmon and the orcas themselves.
Karen Hackenberg: Laughing Whale
Linda Hanlon
Forever Wild
2020, gouache on wooden panel, 6" x 6"

Price: $60
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Linda Hanlon finds wild places everywhere she looks and lives. The trick is to look closely enough to understand whether these places are wild enough to sustain our region's most iconic creatures. Salmon need watersheds and oceans, and we need to look closely at ways to protect and repair these places because salmon define and can sustain a high quality of life in this place for us all.
Linda Hanlon: Forever Wild
Wade Huntsman
Decisions
2022, acrylic, 10" x 7"

Price: $300
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Wade Huntsman was raised in Shelley, Idaho, a small farming community in Southeast Idaho. He spent most of his time as a child exploring the outdoors, playing sports, and drawing anything and everything.

Wade is currently a full time illustration professor at Brigham Young University-Idaho. Wade embraces both the traditional art-making mediums and the digital art programs. Wade is enjoying the southern Idaho lifestyle with his wife Mary Jo and his three kids, Trey, Lauren, and Paige.
Wade Huntsman: Decisions
Wade Huntsman
Leaping Salmon
2022, gouache, 10" x 7"

Price: $300
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Wade Huntsman was raised in Shelley, Idaho, a small farming community in Southeast Idaho. He spent most of his time as a child exploring the outdoors, playing sports, and drawing anything and everything.

Wade is currently a full time illustration professor at Brigham Young University-Idaho. Wade embraces both the traditional art-making mediums and the digital art programs. Wade is enjoying the southern Idaho lifestyle with his wife Mary Jo and his three kids, Trey, Lauren, and Paige.
Wade Huntsman: Leaping Salmon
Wade Huntsman
Salmon Fly
2022, oil on canvas, 10" x 7"

Price: $400
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Wade Huntsman was raised in Shelley, Idaho, a small farming community in Southeast Idaho. He spent most of his time as a child exploring the outdoors, playing sports, and drawing anything and everything.

Wade is currently a full time illustration professor at Brigham Young University-Idaho. Wade embraces both the traditional art-making mediums and the digital art programs. Wade is enjoying the southern Idaho lifestyle with his wife Mary Jo and his three kids, Trey, Lauren, and Paige.
Wade Huntsman: Salmon Fly
Wade Huntsman
Deepwater Pod
2022, mixed media, 10" x 7"

Price: $300
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Wade Huntsman was raised in Shelley, Idaho, a small farming community in Southeast Idaho. He spent most of his time as a child exploring the outdoors, playing sports, and drawing anything and everything.

Wade is currently a full time illustration professor at Brigham Young University-Idaho. Wade embraces both the traditional art-making mediums and the digital art programs. Wade is enjoying the southern Idaho lifestyle with his wife Mary Jo and his three kids, Trey, Lauren, and Paige.
Wade Huntsman: Deepwater Pod
Eileen Klatt
A Litany of Salmon—Extinct: Malheur River Spring Chinook
ca 2006, watercolor on paper, 31" x 50"

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A Litany of Salmon is an invocation to the millions of salmon which once thrived in the Columbia River Basin and are gone forever. A Litany of Salmon names and remembers that which we have sacrificed to the paradigm of progress. Each life-size painting of a male and female salmon couple represents one of the sixty-one extinct salmon populations in the Columbia River system.

Inspired by plummeting salmon populations in the Pacific Northwest, Eileen Klatt became "Salmon Pilgrim" and began a sacred journey to all the rivers in the Columbia River Basin where salmon are now extinct. Her pilgrimage took several years and led to A Litany of Salmon, a series of sixty-one paintings dedicated to all the extinct salmon in the Columbia River Basin.
Eileen Klatt
A Litany of Salmon—Extinct: Umatilla River Fall Chinook
ca 1998, watercolor on paper, 35" x 50"

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A Litany of Salmon is an invocation to the millions of salmon which once thrived in the Columbia River Basin and are gone forever. A Litany of Salmon names and remembers that which we have sacrificed to the paradigm of progress. Each life-size painting of a male and female salmon couple represents one of the sixty-one extinct salmon populations in the Columbia River system.

Inspired by plummeting salmon populations in the Pacific Northwest, Eileen Klatt became "Salmon Pilgrim" and began a sacred journey to all the rivers in the Columbia River Basin where salmon are now extinct. Her pilgrimage took several years and led to A Litany of Salmon, a series of sixty-one paintings dedicated to all the extinct salmon in the Columbia River Basin.
Eileen Klatt
A Litany of Salmon—Extinct: Walla Walla River Chum
ca 1998, watercolor on paper, 31" x 50"

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www.klattfish.net

A Litany of Salmon is an invocation to the millions of salmon which once thrived in the Columbia River Basin and are gone forever. A Litany of Salmon names and remembers that which we have sacrificed to the paradigm of progress. Each life-size painting of a male and female salmon couple represents one of the sixty-one extinct salmon populations in the Columbia River system.

Inspired by plummeting salmon populations in the Pacific Northwest, Eileen Klatt became "Salmon Pilgrim" and began a sacred journey to all the rivers in the Columbia River Basin where salmon are now extinct. Her pilgrimage took several years and led to A Litany of Salmon, a series of sixty-one paintings dedicated to all the extinct salmon in the Columbia River Basin.
Eileen Klatt
A Litany of Salmon—Extinct: Yakima River Coho
ca 2005, watercolor on paper, 31" x 50"

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A Litany of Salmon is an invocation to the millions of salmon which once thrived in the Columbia River Basin and are gone forever. A Litany of Salmon names and remembers that which we have sacrificed to the paradigm of progress. Each life-size painting of a male and female salmon couple represents one of the sixty-one extinct salmon populations in the Columbia River system.

Inspired by plummeting salmon populations in the Pacific Northwest, Eileen Klatt became "Salmon Pilgrim" and began a sacred journey to all the rivers in the Columbia River Basin where salmon are now extinct. Her pilgrimage took several years and led to A Litany of Salmon, a series of sixty-one paintings dedicated to all the extinct salmon in the Columbia River Basin.
Sarah Koten
Fossil Salmon
2023, acrylic on canvas, 6" x 12"

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Sarah Koten: Fossil Salmon
Sarah Koten
Healthy Habit
2023, acrylic on canvas, 6" x 12"

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Sarah Koten: Healthy Habit
Sarah Koten
Salish Sea Salmon
2023, acrylic on canvas, 6" x 12"

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Sarah Koten: Salish Sea Salmon
Sarah Koten
Salmon in the Sky with Diamonds
2023, acrylic on canvas, 6" x 12"

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Sarah Koten
Stained Glass Salmon
2023, acrylic on canvas, 6" x 12"

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Sarah Koten: Stained Glass Salmon
Sarah Koten
Textile Salmon
2023, acrylic on canvas, 6" x 12"

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Sarah Koten: Textile Salmon
Mary Jo Mann
Cloud Shadows
2021, natural pigments, color pencils, multi-media on BFK Rives paper, 22" x 34"

Price: $950
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"Cloud Shadows" is an expressionistic exploration of our human experience in the landscape.
Mary Jo Mann: Cloud Shadows
Peter Marbach
Honor
2019, color photography, 16" x 24"

Price: $325
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Colville tribal member Randy Friedlander tosses the carcasses of first spring catch of Okanagan salmon into the Columbia at the base of the Grande Coulee Dam. He recites a prayer that honors his ancestors and the salmon who once migrated her and beyond into Canada. When the day comes when the dam is removed, their spiritual DNA will show them the way home.
Peter Marbach: Reflections
Peter Marbach
Reflections
2019, color photography, 16" x 24"

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Ktunaxa Nation Elder Alfred Joseph reflects on the loss of salmon to the headwaters in BC more than 80 years ago. “My grandfather went down to the river near Invermere to greet the returning salmon. Weeks went by, then months. No fish. He thought our people must have done something to upset the Creator.” They had no way of knowing that construction of the Grand Coulee Dam halted their return forever.
Peter Marbach: Reflections
Jen McLuen
For JKL
2022, collagraph print, 22.5" x 30"

Price: $450
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Jen McLuen: For JKL
Deborah Milton
The Web of Life: Tahlequah's Dream - A Robust Child and Abundant Salmon
2019, acrylic on canvas, 38" x 38"

Price: $3,250
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Moved by the story of Tahlequah carrying her dead baby for 17 days, I painted an image of a flourishing ecosystem with all of us, all of life, embedded in it.
Christian Murillo
Sockeye Harvest: Women with nets
photographic print, 16" x 24"

Price: $720
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This photo was taken during the Upper Skagit Tribe's Sockeye Salmon harvest. Due to the unlikely collaboration between the tribes, utility companies, government, and the general public, Sockeye Salmon in the Skagit River have recovered from the brink of collapse in the 1980's to a sustainable population, which can sustain the Native people of the Skagit. This success can be pointed to as inspiration to save other salmon species, such as Puget Sound Chinook and Steelhead.

30% of the proceeds from the sale of this photo go to Washington Wild
Roxann Murray
Honoring Natural Cycles
illustration, 20" x 16"

Price: $125
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Roxann Murray: Honoring Natural Cycles
Lee Musgrave
A Formidable Wall
2021, acrylic on canvas, 18" x 46"

Price: $2,500
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www.leemusgrave.com

In the noted book A River Lost by author Blaine Harden on pages 124-25 he reveals how the Bureau of Reclamation lined the banks of the Columbia River near the Grand Coulee Dam with jagged rocks and chunks of concrete known as ‘riprap’ ... obviously designed to hold the water in and keep people and animals out. I found the passage heartbreaking as I envisioned what the area must look like causing me sorrow and distress. As I transformed that angst into this painting I kept hearing the promising trickle of water and the lonely howl of a forsaken coyote. I included them both in the image.
Lee Musgrave: A Formidable Wall
Steve Nagode
Wild Salmon returning home
2022, steel sculpture, 20” x 30” x 8”

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Austin Picinich
Jump for Joy
2023, acrylic on 3D cutout plywood, 32" x 48"

Price: $385
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I’m a 17-year-old artist from Kirkland, WA. I’ve painted over 300 feet of “Save Our Salmon Murals” along PNW streams. My neighborhood stream Juanita Creek in Kirkland saw only three salmon return to spawn in 2020. I realized that art – when combined with a community-focused purpose – could have a much larger impact and inspire others to make a difference. In April 2022 I led an interactive 112-foot-long “Save Our Salmon Mural” along Juanita Creek – collaborating with North Lake Washington SalmonWatchers on an educational mural. My key goal was to not just create a vibrant mural – but engage community members in learning about our local salmon. I led 370+ volunteers in a Community Paint Day, transforming the blank wall into a vibrant salmon-themed mural that teaches community members to become stewards restoring our neighborhood stream.

Since my first Save Our Salmon Mural, I’ve painted a second 188-foot SOS Mural in Lake Forest Park, WA above McAleer Creek’s culvert. In Summer 2023, I’ll be leading four additional SOS Murals along four PNW streams in Seattle, Kenmore, Kirkland, and Redmond, WA. My SOS Murals have been featured by NOAA, The Seattle Times, KING 5, and in the national Inspiring Young Heroes documentary. Whether it’s through murals, public art, or 3D plywood cutout paintings like “Jump for Joy” here - I love using “art-ivism” to engage my community in saving salmon through art.

Watch a 2-minute video on YouTube of the painting of the Juanita Creek Save Our Salmon Mural.
Austin Picinich: Jump for Joy
Pinebones
Salmon Bear
2023, 3 color risograph print, 10" x 8"

Price: $153
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Pinebones: Salmon Bear
Elise Richman
Confluence
2022, watercolor, oil pastel, chalk pastel and graphite on watercolor paper, 36" x 42"

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This multi-media painting represents the confluence of the Middle and Main stem Salmon River. Removing the lower Snake River dams would support salmons' ability to reach this intact environment with far better survival rates that will lead to future abundance. This confluence marks the beginning of the Frank Church river of No Return Wilderness Area, the largest contiguous wilderness area in the continental US. The Middle Fork's designation as a wild and scenic river, since 1968 protects its free flowing status and pristine ecosystem where salmon and other wildlife can thrive.
Elise Richman: Confluence
Paige Roper
Back to the Trees
2023, watercolor and pen, 5" x 7"

Price: $125
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Paige Roper: Back to the Trees
Harro Scharbau and Tim Keyzers
Damn Me, Dam No More
2022, copper, bronze, wood, 40" x 22"

Price: $3,500
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harro4art.com

This “Damn Me Dam Me No More“ salmon speaks to the extinction of salmon runs due to mans building of dams for water and electricity. This piece is wood board bronzed and iron coated then patinated and rusted. Copper pipe has been acid etched and patinated blue. Flame worked blue glass drip.
Israel Shotridge
Salmon Migration
print, 20" x 30"

Price: $650
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Israel Shotridge: Salmon Migration
Rachel Teannalach
Monumental I
2022, oil on canvas, 48" x 48"

Price: $7,500
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These paintings of the four lower Snake River Dams that are being considered for removal were completed for an exhibition titled "Dams: Reservoirs, Reclamation, Renewal" at the Sun Valley Museum of Art. Teannalach used her candid Plein Air style to capture the magnitude of these monumental constructions, with the hope that someday they will be seen as documentation of an outdated human intrusion upon nature.
Rachel Teannalach: Monumental I
Rachel Teannalach
Monumental II: Lower Monumental
2022, oil on canvas, 48" x 48"

Price: $7,500
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www.teannalach.com

These paintings of the four lower Snake River Dams that are being considered for removal were completed for an exhibition titled "Dams: Reservoirs, Reclamation, Renewal" at the Sun Valley Museum of Art. Teannalach used her candid Plein Air style to capture the magnitude of these monumental constructions, with the hope that someday they will be seen as documentation of an outdated human intrusion upon nature.
Josh Udesen
Pilgrimage
2020, acrylic painting on birch panel, 24" x 30"

Price: $2,000
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www.tightlinestudio.com

Having spent a lifetime afflicted with a passion for fish, Josh Udesen is particularly fascinated with the anadromous species of salmon and steelhead who return to the rivers of the Pacific Northwest, British Columbia and Alaska. One of the strongest memories in his life as a fly angler was catching his first steelhead on Deschutes River and the profound understanding of the journey it took to get to the point where he caught it.

As a guide in both Alaska and the Pacific Northwest for over decade, a river rat on the rivers of the west, and a passionate steelhead angler, he realizes the balancing act every run of steelhead and salmon exemplifies. Over the past few decades this tenuous balance led to fewer and fewer fish returning to the rivers of their birth. In the past few years the runs have teetered on barely sustainable and often there are so few fish the season for catching them never materializes.

His affection for fish in their natural environment is the focus of most of his endeavors as an artist. His aim as an artist is to capture a moment in time as a salmon or steelhead passes by on the journey upstream, but as important, he also hopes to invoke a realization we cannot take their return for granted.
Josh Udesen: Pilgrimage
Josh Udesen
Return
2021, acrylic painting on birch panel, 30" x 60

Price: $4,500
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www.tightlinestudio.com

Having spent a lifetime afflicted with a passion for fish, Josh Udesen is particularly fascinated with the anadromous species of salmon and steelhead who return to the rivers of the Pacific Northwest, British Columbia and Alaska. One of the strongest memories in his life as a fly angler was catching his first steelhead on Deschutes River and the profound understanding of the journey it took to get to the point where he caught it.

As a guide in both Alaska and the Pacific Northwest for over decade, a river rat on the rivers of the west, and a passionate steelhead angler, he realizes the balancing act every run of steelhead and salmon exemplifies. Over the past few decades this tenuous balance led to fewer and fewer fish returning to the rivers of their birth. In the past few years the runs have teetered on barely sustainable and often there are so few fish the season for catching them never materializes.

His affection for fish in their natural environment is the focus of most of his endeavors as an artist. His aim as an artist is to capture a moment in time as a salmon or steelhead passes by on the journey upstream, but as important, he also hopes to invoke a realization we cannot take their return for granted.
Josh Udesen: Return
Elisabeth Winnen
Mater. Matriarchs of the Sea
2023, ink, watercolor, acrylic ink on paper, 22“ x30"

Price: Not For Sale
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www.elisabethwinnen.com

It is so easy to fall in love with the elegance and beauty of the streamlined body of the orca and it’s matrilineal pod coherence, the mesmerizing sway of the kelp forests, and the intelligence of the salmon to find their way back to their place of birth after a long time away in the ocean.

The salmon, the orcas, and the kelp are all interconnected and dependent on one another. Kelp provides nutrition and a safe place for fish to feed. Orcas depend on the salmon for food. My art work expresses this perfect balance.

Mater. Mother. Earth.

She sustains us.

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