Fishing has been my full-time passion and way of life for over 30 years. At the heart of it all, I just love fishing, every single bit of it. That love of fishing naturally extends to the incredible artwork it inspires.

Several years ago I discovered gyotaku, the traditional Japanese art of fish printing. What immediately pulled me in was the honest, complete cycle of catching the fish, creating  the print, and then cleaning and eating the fish with nothing wasted. I love that respectful, no-waste approach because it feels like a perfect extension of how I’ve always lived my time on the water.

As a self-taught gyotaku artist, I set out to build a personal collection of all the fish species in the Pacific Northwest using real fish I’ve caught myself.  My collection is now nearly complete, and I’m excited to start sharing these prints with everyone.  Each one carries its own story from my days on the water, it is a record of the PNW fishing experience in our time and my hope is that it will be passed down through generations to remember the fish and fishermen of this era.