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  • PAINTINGS 1
    • Skagit Landscape of the Mind: Full Moon at Midnight
    • Eggplant Harvest
    • Tomatoes & Wisteria Entwined
    • Waterfall
    • Night at Marymere Falls
    • The Frog Poet
    • Eagle's Pride
    • Spring in Bloom
    • Flower Moon in May
    • Northwest Rain Kosode
    • Snow on the Beach
    • It Only Takes One
    • Scattered Fans
    • White Circle of Silence
    • In the Spirit of Serizawa & Kubota
  • Paintings 2
    • Autumn Introspection
    • Foxgloves Reaching for the Sky
    • Bats' Lunar Playground
    • Plum Tree on a Snowy Night
    • Chickadee in the Snow
    • Down by the Stream on a Lazy Summer's Day
    • Towhee & Currant in Spring
    • Sparrow's Spring
    • Autumn Grasses (Oribe Tribute)
    • A Tribute to Itchiku Kubota: Ozette Sunset
    • Cathedral of the Trees
    • Baillie Scott Trinity
    • Raven's Forest
    • Eagle Embraces Her
  • Paintings 3
    • Crow on a Snowy Branch
    • Running the Waves
    • The Guardian
    • Skagit Scene
    • Dream Birds
    • Curious Crow
    • Hydrangea's Final Bloom
    • Pine Island
    • The Four Guardians
    • Circle About the Moon
    • Eelgrass Nursery Rhyme
    • Cedar Green Man
    • Serizawa's Kimono
    • Cats United
  • Paintings 4
    • Skagit Landscape of the Mind V: Winter's Cool
    • When the Salmon Run
    • Autumn Deer
    • As Autumn Approaches
    • Echizen Crows
    • The Spirit of Fallen Camellias
    • Temple Hawk
    • Goldfinch Dream
    • Autumn Carpet
    • An Eala Bahn (The White Swan)
    • Horse Ema
    • Lucia's Maple
    • Eagles Spring Dance
    • Watts Chapel Tribute Memorial
    • Voysey's tree
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    • Paintings 5 >
      • Camellias in Bloom Woodblock Print
      • Hot Otter Love
      • č’u•? is Seal
      • Loons & Horses
      • Hawk on a Pine 1
      • Elk Along the South Fork
      • Spirits of Ozette
      • Lingcod Guardian
      • Plum Blossoms in Spring
      • Journey Home From Ozette Island
      • Tsooes Sunset
    • Boxes >
      • Rose Tree Box
      • Celtic Bread Box
      • Creature of the Box
      • Kells Cats Chest
      • Miyamoto's Rice Box
    • Trays >
      • Dragonfly Tray
      • Kaiseki Tray
    • Karakami Square Series >
      • Karakami Square #1: Cherry Tree
    • Screens >
      • Eagles 2-Panel Folding Screen
      • The Four Seasons Screen Series >
        • Winter Screen: Eagle & Pine
        • Fall Screen: Canada Geese & Maples
        • Spring Screen: Cherry Trees & Finches
        • Summer Screen: Swallows & Willow
      • Frog's House Screen
      • Waterfall Screen
    • Peacock Sconces
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  • Trees IV
  • Swimming with Sea Lions
  • Nuthatch & Wild Rose
  • Wagara Mountain
  • Heron Dream
  • Raven-White to Black
  • Anna's Home
  • Crows Know All
  • Ospreys Above the Channel
  • Solitary Seal
  • Falcon II
  • Northern Flicker II
  • Ocean People
  • Chickadees Among the Horsetails
  • Blue Heron
Picture
IT ONLY TAKES ONE
ACRYLICS ON CEDAR W/RED OAK FRAME
FALL 2017
     I’m always happy when seeing (and hearing) the arrival of the snow geese to the Skagit Valley as they prepare to spend the winter months with us.  I’m reminded of an incident we witnessed on Fir Island where the geese prefer to congregate in great flocks.  Seemingly out of nowhere, a huge cloud of birds ascended from the ground jewel-like as the sun splashed across their wings.  But what was the cause of the commotion?  Then we found the answer.  A single bald eagle circling overhead caused panic in a portion of the flock, causing hundreds to rise simultaneously in the hopes of eluding the winged predator.  Thus an instantaneous cloud of squawking geese appeared, attracting our immediate attention.  This inspiring event led me to design this painting.  I also found inspiration in several works by Japanese artists.  Both Tawaraya Sotatsu and Hon’ami Koetsu’s Crane Scroll and Kayama Matazo’s One Thousand Cranes folding screen were greatly helpful in providing background for my design.  I made the frame 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.
 
DIMENSIONS:           HEIGHT:  14 ¼ inches
                                    WIDTH:  22 inches



                                                                                  PRICE $475
Picture
Sotatsu & Koetsu: Cranes Handscroll
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Kayama Matazo: One Thousand Cranes screen
Gary Giovane
La Conner, WA
gioart13@yahoo.com
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