Glacier Bay National Park, AK
May 2025; Instructor on a Polaris K-12 sea kayaking intensive
Watercolor, ink, gouache, colored pencils, and haiku
Accessed by Sea Kayak, 8-day expedition
Glacier Bay
Thousand scoter wings
Breath of mammals from the deep
Heartbeats of the Bay
No rain, nor too hot
Perfect paddle conditions
Water like green glass
Humpback whales so large
To lift one from the water
Would lower the tide
McBride Glacier Quilt
Collaborative sketch with Ellie Sharman
I met Ellie on the ferry back to Juneau, where she was turning field sketches into quilted art with her mobile antique sewing machine!
As an impromptu collaboration, I sketched a scene from my trip for her to stitch. After, I added watercolor, gouache, and colored pencil.