This is a place I like to return to, and a relationship I like to return to. My work is made richer for having a deep connection with the trees, the water, the estuary and the people here.

Sitka is one of the very best resources on the beautiful Oregon coast, not just for artists but for anyone who has wondered what to do with that spark of creativity within.

My favorite moment was walking out to the head at sunset on the solstice and seeing a lone bull elk silhouetted on the very tip above the ocean. The heavy gray sky broke open into a wash of violet and pink behind him, and he raised his head, as if he'd been waiting for this moment all year. I felt the same: grateful that a calendar’s-worth of work and joy and struggle had brought me to this extraordinary place.