Here are a few examples of my recent work... please feel free to click on each to see the image.

(Prices listed are all in United States Dollars, and do not include Shipping, and do not include frames unless otherwise noted.)

• "Because we are Only Human"  http://www.freewebs.com/arcticstudio/onlyhuman.jpg  is an Acrylic on Canvas, 35 inches wide by 30 inches tall, with a pose based on the musing piece of found Kanji (scrap of a manga I found, roughly translates into the title -because we are only human- with an echo of the kanji behind the two nudes. This canvas is available for $975.

• "Summer Stands" stands.jpg is an larger Acrylic on paper, matted and framed as shown (sorry for sunglare lower left.) It measures approx 25X26 framed, and depicts a semi-local (90+ miles away) baseball grandstand and crowd. This larger piece is available for $675.

• "Raven Tales: Salmon from the Sea"  raventote.jpg    is a larger Acrylic on Canvas, measuring just over 4 feet tall. It depicts a totem that tells the tale of how Raven cared for his reverent followers in the north. Food was scarce during winters, and the people had to work all summer just to survive. Raven couldn't bear to see his people this way, without fun, so he went in search of food. Out at sea, he found the Salmon tribes, that were looking for places to protect their young. Raven convinced them that the cold northern inland streams would keep their eggs safe, but in return they had to help feed the people of the land. That is why the Salmon return to the streams of their birth to lay their eggs, and then become food for the people and the land. This piece is in a private collection.

• " Late Train " latetrain.JPG is a Watercolor and Ink on paper, only about 5X7 inches and is matted and framed and frame (to 8X10 inches.) It depicts the old steam engine from Alaskaland, chugging around the wilder side of the park in late summer. This piece is in a private collection.

• "Riverboat Nenena"  nenana.jpg is a watercolor on paper, Approx 8 inches square, framed and matted as shown. It depicts another local historic landmark, the Riverboat Nenana, Queeen of the Tanana River. She not sits in Alaskaland, and is restored into a museum of riverboat history in Interior Alaska. This piece is available as shown for $185.

• "Spring Ride"  springride.JPG is a watercolor on paper, approx 12X7 inches... Whoever started the saying 'Pure as fallen snow' has never lived where that snow sits around for months. One of the local signs of spring is when the kids dig out their summer toys (bicycles, motorcycles, go-carts, convertible sports cars, ect) even though there's still piles of the grey and splattered gunk melting everywhere.... This watercolor is now in a private collection.

• "Oshiroi" oshiroi.jpg   is a Watercolor on Paper, 8X10 inches, showing the exposed nape of a Geisha's neck, the only visible skin not covered with Oshiroi (the formal makeup of a Geisha) and therefore her only exposed sensuality. This piece is matted with grey and framed in black, and is available for $175.

• " Spring Rain" springrain.JPG   is a small Watercolor on Paper,  only 5 inches square. It's more abstract than I usually paint, matted and framed, and is available for $65.

• "Lacey Street Theater" laceyst.jpg is an Acrylic on Canvas, Approx 24X48 inches, depicting a summer view of a local landmark, the Lacey Street Theater. It is now hanging in the employee break room of a local transportation company.

• " 63 Ford " 63ford.JPG is a Watercolor and Ink on paper, only about 6 inches square including the matting and frame (as pictured.) This piece is now in a private collection.

• "Mountain Grown Coffee" coffee.jpg is a Miniature Acrylic on canvas, at only 6 inches square... depicting a coffee cup, with 'mountains of foam... (the foam depicts a local mountain range.) The piece has sold- but can still be viewed at MaCafferty's (a local Coffee House.)

• "Summer's Dusk" summerdusk.JPG is a Watercolor, Approx 8X10 inches, depicting the entryway to a local historic park, from a less common viewpoint. Almost an abstraction of Alaskaland (or Pioneer Park, as the city has renamed it now...) This piece is available for $95 unframed.

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• "Holding the Line-Boundary Fire" linewc3.jpg is a Watercolor and Ink, Approx 8X10 inches in size, depicting the wildfire that occupied so much of my time this summer. This original piece is matted and framed, and is available for $200.

• "Red Light, Cool Night" rednude.jpg is an Acrylic on Canvas, Approx 23X20 inches in size. Extremely limited pallet nude for this striking image, which is now in a private collection.

Thank You for taking the time to look through this gallery.

Questions?                Comments?

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You can reach me though my email at bshurd@gmail.com or through Postal contact at:

Arctic Visions Studio

102 Fifth Ave

Fairbanks, AK

99701-5022