“Shakespeare No. 64” - five-hook Red Musky (Muscallonge) Minnow with high forehead design dating it to circa 1906-7.
This series came out of working with fish decoys—handling objects meant to move, to work, to disappear underwater. I kept thinking about what’s left behind. Not the catch, but the things that made it possible.
Not nostalgia—evidence. Every mark earned. Every surface used.
5x7” oil on panel
“Time & Tackle Series”
“Shakespeare No. 64” - five-hook Red Musky (Muscallonge) Minnow with high forehead design dating it to circa 1906-7.
This series came out of working with fish decoys—handling objects meant to move, to work, to disappear underwater. I kept thinking about what’s left behind. Not the catch, but the things that made it possible.
Not nostalgia—evidence. Every mark earned. Every surface used.