NEWS       

June 2010

Installing Waterline 2010

I apologize for the lack of updates on the website. There will be more changes in structure and more information coming soon, so please check back in the next couple of months.

The fall and winter of 2009/2010 was challenging and interesting. It kicked off in October with a month long bike trip from Washington DC to Asheville, North Carolina. Brandon and I biked out of the city, through Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park, and along much of the Blue Ridge Parkway. It was a beautiful trip even though we seriously underestimated the difficulty of the terrain! We came away with a new respect for the mountains of the South.
After a brief stop in Fairbanks, I turned around and went to Seattle to attend the opening of my show at the Cullom Gallery in November. I exhibited a new series of prints inspired by a train trip across the high plains as well as some prints from 2008.

The big project of the winter was a 1% for art piece for a new school near Talkeetna, Alaska. The school that served the community was destroyed in a fire and the students were in temporary buildings for quite a while. The new school is beautiful and filled with artwork. My piece is located in the main lobby, across from the office. It was quite an undertaking, as the photos will show –all of the carving was done by hand, and there was some serious space to fill!

We had a very low snow year in Fairbanks but Team Couch was able to get out and skijor quite a bit despite the poor conditions. My huskies Pablo, Rothko, Pete, and little Irene are all doing well and we are hoping for better snow next year.

I will be working my usual spring and fall seasonal jobs at the Plant Kingdom greenhouse and Rosie Creek Farm here in Fairbanks.

Pablo and Sara 2010

I have several private commissions to fulfill and I will not be doing any shows this summer. However, my pieces will be on display through the summer at Alaska House in Fairbanks, and both the Cullom Gallery in Seattle and the Weyrich Gallery in Albuquerque have a full selection of my prints on hand. My next scheduled show is in August of 2011 at the Bunnell Street Gallery in Homer, Alaska.

Please watch the website for additions to the schedule between now and then.