Painting Bristol Bay

Size and price details for each of these paintings can be found on the New Original Work page. Contact me with any questions.

I arrived in Bristol Bay in the spring of 1984, as a rookie guide at Golden Horn Lodge. Although, I knew how to fish and was comfortable on the water, I arrived without any real guiding experience. In those days if you wanted to guide in Alaska, fishing experience was the least important qualification; all you really needed was a pulse, a Buck knife, a buffalo plaid shirt, a story, and (hopefully) no police record. I checked all the boxes and got the job. What I did bring with me was a deep interest in painting, and capturing the multitude of moods that wash over the Alaskan landscape.

I’ve worked, guided, fished, hosted trips, and painted Southwest Alaska for forty years now, and I wouldn’t trade a day of it for a year of anything else. It’s been a perfect circle; What I love to paint is the Alaskan landscape in its myriad of moods; sweeping vistas, weather, seasons, colors, and reflected light.

These are some of my most recent images, many of them painted on location at Royal Coachman Lodge, Bristol Bay Lodge, and Tikchik Narrows Lodge.

Perhaps, you’ve always wanted to go to Alaska, or you’ve been there and recognize the play of color and reflected light, or we were fortunate to spend time together on the water. In any case, I hope you’ll enjoy these images.