Tongass Humpbacks, 2024

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LIMITED EDITION PRINT - Two humpback whales emerge from the water’s surface while bubble-net feeding in Chatham Straight in the Tongass National Forest, Southeast Alaska. Last year I visited Sitka, Alaska to witness the phenomenon, which occurs each spring during a narrow window in and around Sitka. These humpbacks regularly visit the area during their spring migration from their wintering grounds in Hawaii to the waters north of Alaska, where they spend their summers. And they have developed a unique feeding strategy.

Their arrival in the Sitka region coincides with the annual herring spawning season, and represents one of their first opportunities to feed after having spent the winter fasting. Their bubble-net technique typically involves the matriarch blowing a circle of bubbles beneath a school of herring, encircling and concentrating them, so that the group of humpbacks can then rise up through the bubble-net, scooping huge numbers of fish in their mouths.

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These are LIMITED EDITION prints, and are available either framed or unframed. The edition runs are:

8" x 12" - 100 prints
10" x 15" - 50 prints
12" x 18" - 50 prints
16" x 24" - 30 prints
20" x 30" - 20 prints
22" x 33" - 20 prints

The print size purchased will be the actual size of the image. This print will be hand printed on Canson Infinity Plantine Fibre Rag using archival pigment based inks, with a one inch white border on each edge. I will sign, date and number each print in the white border of the print. All prints come with a Certificate of Authenticity.

For prints ordered with frames, I use a 3/4" x 3/4" natural maple frame, a Bainbridge 4-ply Polar White archival mat, and an Acrylite UV inhibitive, non-glare plexiglass. The mat borders range from 2" to 3" depending on the size of the print. Framed prints are also signed, dated and numbered on the mat. Approximate outside frame dimensions are:

8" x 12" - (13" x 17")
10" x 15" - (15" x 20")
12" x 18" - (19" x 25")
16" x 24" - (23" x 31")
20" x 30" - (27" x 37")
22" x 33" - (29" x 40")

Free shipping within the US. Unframed prints usually ship within 5 to 10 days. Framed prints ship within 14 to 21 days.