Eye of the Whale Red Hawk 32 poems and accompanying Cyanotype

32 poems and accompanying Cyanotype photos and Gyotaku art that trace my relationship with a place that has called me home since I was young - Cascade Head on the central Oregon Coast

Sepia archival ink on 100% cotton rag paper

500 pounds

Guinness World Records lists the biggest known specimen as 300 lb with an arm span of 32 ft

It can be found from the intertidal zone down 6

Eye of the Whale Red Hawk 32 poems and accompanying CyanotypeThis extraordinary impression was taken from a 17 year old juvenile Grey Whale that died of starvation off of the Westwind Spit on Oregons central Coast. I was lucky enough to print its right eye the next day in memory of this beautiful creature that perished due to changes in the climate that rendered the Gulf of Alaska much too hot to sustain the Krill that Grey Whales thrive upon. This piece is a collaboration between my dear friend (and true