TShirt Design, maybe

I have been working on a design for some summer shirts. If I can get some cash together maybe these will get done. Nice cool white summer shirts with sea foamy blue/green ink. The big piece at the top would go on the back, the small one on the bottom would be on the front, left chest.

Early June Fishing

The fish have been active and hungry. The heavy and strong 26 inch fish of last season have come back to be 28 to 32 inch heavy, wild fighters. A great class of fish. The recent winds have kept action down. Tough to fly fish in that wind. The last few days have been outstanding. Surface feeds on the Devereaux beach side of the neck and down to Ram Island area. These fish are great. Monday June 6th we went out in the evening. Left the dock at 5:30 and fished til dark. Great action with 20-24 keepers caught. We have not had a better time catching fish. They were taking all flies. White, Black/purple, chartreuse. They were on the feed.

June 1st Fishing Report

First real morning of fishing around Marblehead. Dropped Mike's boat into the harbor last night at about 9pm anticipating opening morning of fly fishing. Few other boats out on a Wednesday. 5:30 on the dock and we were off. Minor electrical mysteries were overcome and we headed over to Salem Harbor where we had heard of surface feeds in the mornings. Usually shutting down by 7:30 am. No action while we were there. Low tide was 6:00 am and that could be the answer to that. I blind casted for a while and I caught an 8 inch Mac. So we were in the right place but not the right day. Went out to Fidelity Rocks and caught 3 fish, almost 3 I had a nice fish on that peeled line but popped off after 2 minutes. Small olive clouser, Mike small chart clouser. Strong SW moving to South breeze, probably 10+ mph. Made it a bit sloppy outside the harbors. Mhead Rock we got 3 more, all small. We both changed to B/P flies. Biggest was 22". I landed none, both fish I had got off somehow. Back to the dock by 9:00 am and beat a small TStorm. Good Opening Day.

How Deep Do You Sleep

I have done this idea in paint many years ago. But I had to do it in wood. The frame is 36 x 32. Many things to consider when you create works in wood. I am learning alot about the wood. I love this piece. It will be the centerpiece of my booth at Paradise City/Northampton on Memorial Day weekend. Come and see it for real.

Heads+Tails

Here we go. This is the start of something BIG. The Heads+Tails series is going to be fun and I have many ideas. My personal cabinetmaker, Elmer, is the only way I am going to do these pieces. He can make the frames in minutes I couldn't make them in hours. Its funny how artists minds work. This one is BlueFin Tuna heads and tails. Much more to come. The frame is 45.5 x 12.5 inches.

The Great White Shark

I made this shark a few months ago and never got a picture. It is 40 inches long x 14 inches high. The Cape people wanted to see one when I was in Chatham. Maybe the shark frenzy will last into this summer. Tons of seals in the summer equals GWSharks.

SnowRow 2011

Coming up on March 12 is the 2011 Snow Row. It is a 3.5 mile rowing race in Hull, MA. Over a hundred boats in a bunch of different categories. This will be my third year in my 24 foot dory, Rowdeo. It has been decent weather every year so far. I'll get some pictures. This picture is from 2009. Artie Graves and myself.
The Reality
Sat morning it was decent temp, sunny AND blowing 10-20 with gusts up to 35 out of the SW. Half way there we decided the conditions were not worth it and I only went and observed. By the time I got there the wind had not let up but it did shift to the NW. Made for a tough first leg and very tough on the second leg but a nice down wind finish. Everyones times were about ten minutes longer this year. We wil live to race another day. Essex River race May 14th! That was the windy one last year.