There is a long and tested relationship between what is produced by the ocean and what is protected by the earth. I never cease to be amazed by the cycle of salmon; fish hatched in modest mountain streams find their way downriver, gaining the strength to acclimate to sea water, where they flourish for a few years in the wide open ocean. Then, with nothing less than the call of the wild, these mature salmon return back to their welcoming fresh riparian stream to spawn and die, delivering a gift of nutrient to the trees and foliage that offer their sanctuary to the cycle. In the last three winters I have come upon several large chinook salmon that had been stranded and then died on the bank of a side channel of the Van Duzen River. Seeing these fish, that were sometimes nearly four feet long, was astonishing. Recognizing this opportunity to record, I returned with paint, paper and canvas and lifted prints from their exposed sides. The five panels and two canvases are products of this work. The serigraphs, Returning Composure, Walking on Their Backs and There's Redwood In Salmon contain images that are derived from the salmon prints.

Just Logged

  93"x 34" acrylic and collage on panel  $3000




Last Run

  36"x 48" acrylic on canvas   





Steelhead

  18"x 48" acrylic and collage on panel   





Van Duzen Salmon

  18"x 48" acrylic and collage on panel   





Blue

  18"x 48" acrylic and collage on panel   





Red

  18"x 48" acrylic and collage on panel   $1600





Gaining Composure

  21"x 46" acrylic and enamels on canvas





Walking on Their Backs

  30"x 72" acrylic on canvas






There's Redwood in Salmon

  19"x 27" edition of 31 2004   $250





Returning Composure

  19"x 27" edition of 22 2004   $250

 



Walking on Their Backs

  29"x 46" edition of 6 2004   $540

 



"Logged","Last Run", "Van Duzen Salmon","Steelhead","Blue", "Red",

" Gaining Composure", "Walking on thier Backs",
 "There's Redwood in Salmon"and "Returning Conposure" are
 copyright 2006 to Michael Guerriero.  Written permission is
required for reproduction in any form whatsoever.

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