CORMORANT SENTINELS
ACRYLICS ON CEDAR W/RED OAK FRAME
SUMMER 2024

     This is a smaller version of a detail taken from a painting I made in the winter of 2016, but just focusing on the group of birds.  The design for the cormorants was inspired by both Northwest Coast Native and Celtic art traditions.  The water design was inspired by paintings from several Japanese Rinpa School artists including Kamisaka Sekka.  I made the frame for this painting out of red oak using pegged, hand-joined, mortise-and-tenon construction methods.   I used the Japanese technique (shou-sugi-ban) of charring and oiling the oak to finish the frame.  I specifically made this painting for the Matzke Gallery’s “Honey, I Shrunk the Art” 2024 show.
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DIMENSIONS:          HEIGHT:  10 inches
                                  WIDTH:  9 ¼ inches

                                                         PRICE $250

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​Gary Giovane
La Conner, WA
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