Alaska Animal Prints

When we lived in Dillingham, we always had problems with bear during fishing season. They were hungry for their favorite food, so we had to catch, and process immediately before they innocently took their share from us.
8 1/8″ X 6 3/8″
20.68 X 16.2 cm
All prints below are produced in an off set lithography press using archival quality ink on 10 point or 100 pound cover stock acid free paper.

Watching the baby eagles grow up behind our house in Homer has been very exciting. They practice flying first by jumping up in the nest and flapping, then flying across their nest for days before trying to leave the nest for flight and/or another branch in their tree. The parents are so confident as the baby learns the tricks of flying and hunting. Erik definitely caught the innocence and fright of the baby in this piece of art.

8 3/16″ x 6 3/8″
20.7 X 16.2 cm

All prints below are produced in an off set lithography press using archival quality ink on 10 point or 100 pound cover stock acid free paper.

A mama and three cubs walking in Denali National Park inspired this painting.
13 1/8″ X 7 1/8″
33.3 X 18.1 cm

All prints below are produced in an off set lithography press using archival quality ink on 10 point or 100 pound cover stock acid free paper.

Erik drew this owl when he was in High school in Kenny Lake. It has what we call, “Erik Trees,” in the back ground. Owls are common around our home in Homer. We have several types but recently we have had mostly Short-eared Owls, Northern Hawk Owl and in 2012,Great Horned owls because the rabbit population was so high.
9 1/2″ X 7″
(24.1 X 17.8 cm)
All prints below are produced in an off set lithography press using archival quality ink on 10 point or 100 pound cover stock acid free paper.

Erik’s ten baby geese illustrate all the personalities of birds as they follow their mother when she is walking. There are innocent, lost, curious, suspicious personalities, all caught in his drawing.
8 3/4″ X 6 7/8″
22.2 X 12.2 cm

All prints below are produced in an off set lithography press using archival quality ink on 10 point or 100 pound cover stock acid free paper.

Erik had fun drawing this owl sitting in pussy willows in the spring time. It is one of the rare pictures where he put the animal in a particular location.
8 1/2″ X 6 1/8″
21.5 X 15.6 cm

All prints below are produced in an off set lithography press using archival quality ink on 10 point or 100 pound cover stock acid free paper.

Puffin was one of Erik’s very earliest pieces of art. It was drawn during the first three months at Kenny Lake School after it was discovered that he had the talent to be a professional artist.
6″ X 6 9/16″
15.2 X 16.7 cm

All prints below are produced in an off set lithography press using archival quality ink on 10 point or 100 pound cover stock acid free paper.

We decided Erik needed to draw a muskox as we planned his portfolio but he had never seen them in the wild during our years in the bush.  I took him to the Alaska Zoo where they had a very grumpy bull muskox that looked a mess with clumps of stringy quiviut hanging off his body. I found that the zoo keepers didn’t clean or comb him because of his frightening behaviors.  Erik and I took a roll of film of the muskox that day and had them developed.  When we returned home, I gave him the pictures and he drew this adorable muskox.

9 1/2″ X 6 3/8″
24.2 X 16.2 cm

All prints below are produced in an off set lithography press using archival quality ink on 10 point or 100 pound cover stock acid free paper.

When Erik drew these loons, I was so thrilled with not only the design but wonderful color choices in the body of the adult loon. This is a striking beautiful art piece.
7 3/4″ X 5 1/2″
19.7 X 14 cm

All prints below are produced in an off set lithography press using archival quality ink on 10 point or 100 pound cover stock acid free paper.

The first picture Erik drew independently was The Big Eagle.  After he drew the black line of the bird, I was shocked at the skill.  I asked my teacher aide if she had drawn it and she said “No way. He did it after he saw this picture. “She showed me a picture of an Eagle sitting in a tree with his feet hidden by the branches.  “Look, he even drew the feet!” she said excitedly.

6 1/8″ X 7 7/8″
15.5 X 20 cm

All prints below are produced in an off set lithography press using archival quality ink on 10 point or 100 pound cover stock acid free paper.

The Loon In The Lake was one of Erik’s first pieces in 1997. I love the “spiderwebbing” in the back ground and lake. We were all learning how to help Erik at this time and with this piece, we learned we couldn’t give him any suggestions on color choice.
7 1/4″ X 6 1/2″
18.4 X 16.5 cm

All prints below are produced in an off set lithography press using archival quality ink on 10 point or 100 pound cover stock acid free paper.

Erik has seen movies of whales underwater and some pictures of them. When he drew this humpback, I was amazed with his view of what the whales looked like and the colors he choose for it’s underside.
10″ X 6 1/2 “
25.7. X 16.5 cm

All prints below are produced in an off set lithography press using archival quality ink on 10 point or 100 pound cover stock acid free paper.

Erik has always been fascinated with birds and their behaviors.  We often stop and watch the swans on Kenai Lake or at the lake at the junction of the Sterling and Seward highways when we travel to and from Anchorage.

9 1/2″ X 7″
24.1 X 17.9 cm

All prints below are produced in an off set lithography press using archival quality ink on 10 point or 100 pound cover stock acid free paper.

Homer people love to watch the mother moose and their babies as they browse around town.
16.8 X 21.4 cm
6 5/8″ X 8 7/16″
All prints below are produced in an off set lithography press using archival quality ink on 10 point or 100 pound cover stock acid free paper.

Erik made this frog have a colorful back ground. There were lots of frogs that lived in the lake by his grandparents homestead in the Meadow Lakes area of Alaska.

6 1/8″ X 7″

All prints below are produced in an off set lithography press using archival quality ink on 10 point or 100 pound cover stock acid free paper.

Two Moose is one of the rare pieces of Erik’s art that have a back ground.  Erik focused on it and drew it in his style for a change.

7 15/16″ X 5 3/4″
20.2 X 14.6 cm

All prints below are produced in an off set lithography press using archival quality ink on 10 point or 100 pound cover stock acid free paper.

The Moose was one of Erik’s first art pieces, drawn in Kenny Lake in 1997 in my classroom. Erik has always been interested in these big lumbering animals as they eat the brush and bushes around our house. We often stop and talk to them as they wander near us, though we always make sure to have a big tree nearby to get behind if the giants decide to charge us.

6″ X 7 1/2″
15.2 X 19 cm

All prints below are produced in an off set lithography press using archival quality ink on 10 point or 100 pound cover stock acid free paper.

Erik has enjoyed watching polar bears for many years.  We often visit the bear sections of both the Alaska Zoo and the San Diego Zoo.  

8 1/8″ X 6 1/4″
20.6 X 15.9 cm

All prints below are produced in an off set lithography press using archival quality ink on 10 point or 100 pound cover stock acid free paper.

The Two Swans piece was first started in fall of 1997.  After we were able to purchase his first professional art markers during Christmas break he added these wonderful his colors.

8 3/8″ X 5 3/8″
21.2X 13.6 cm

All prints below are produced in an off set lithography press using archival quality ink on 10 point or 100 pound cover stock acid free paper.