Description:

My Red Canoe was my friend and companion when I spent my childhood summers on the island at Pointe au Baril. We went everywhere together . We especially liked the marshes where we could sneak up on frogs and catfish and big Gar Pike resting in the sun.

My red canoe never let me down.
That one night, when I was asleep in the tent, the rogue wave came out of nowhere and tore the paddle from my hands and twisted the canoe out of the water. I was left waving my arm in the air breathless and unable to scream as the wave hurled my canoe and paddle into the air…

Then I awoke gasping for air and the moon was shining down through the flap of the tent…

I used a small piece of natural weathered granite-textured cowhide and skimmed a coat of watered down black dye on it. I filled the pockets left by the random lumps of mineral on the stone with intense turquoise paint mixed with white for the splashes of water. The wave is then touched with a mix of gold and bronze metallic acrylic for the final touch of reflection from the full moon. A perfect rogue wave.

Specifications:

• Sculpture

• 8" x 8" x 1 -1/4" (depth)

• 2024