South Harbor

South Harbor, a watercolor, was painted cerca 1997.

This is called "Buoy 11" and I tried to capture the special green color of water here. The Rogue is a hard working fishing boat and I caught the reflections of the tanner crab pot buoys in this watercolor called "Rogue Reflections".

Sentry came about from an encounter with an agressive stellar sea lion that was protecting his brood near a haul out in the Inian Islands. I painted this in 2003 (I think).
This huge sea lion was the dominant male in the south harbor and ironically named "Sweetie" by the fishermen. He would eat the scraps the fishermen threw into the water when they were baiting up for long lining halibut.

We dock our home in the south harbor. During the winter, the sea lions, especially the males are very active. I think of them as our neighbors.