Gordon Bok Woodcarvings

In a life spent working around this coast (and this country), I've collected some interesting people and experiences. Some of these I've managed to process: they've found voices in songs, poetry, writing
and instruments I've designed.

Carving seems to find experiences that have fallen through the cracks,
perhaps because I often carve in silence.

So some of these pieces represent the processing of some long-buried memories. Others are simply honoring the people I have known, the work they took pride in, that told me I could take pride in my own.

As I've let the songs guide me over the years, so I let the carvings inform my life.

~ Gordon Bok

Gordon grew up among the woodcarvers, joiners and machinists of the boatyards in Camden, Maine. Encouraged from an early age in drawing and design, Gordon began carving in bas-relief over thirty years ago. Carving the scenes from his experiences and environment has helped him return to his years working along the coasts, as well as documenting vessels and the ways of building and fishing them. Many of these vessels and people are now gone.

Like his music, these carvings are a way to enter more deeply into his world. Images are richly sculpted into mahogany, butternut and native pine. Woods such as cypress, Alaskan cedar, siruaballi, British Colombian yew and Spanish cedar have traveled many miles to reach his studio and become a work of art.

Art Galleries

Gordon is represented by the following art galleries. You may contact these galleries directly to inquire about carvings that are on display.

Harbor Square Gallery 374 Main Street Rockland, Maine 04841 (207) 594-8700 www.HarborSquareGallery.com call for hours	Islesford Artists Gallery Little Cranberry Island, Maine (207) 244-3145 www.IslesfordArtists.com closed for the season

Maine Art Gallery 15 Warren Street Wiscasset, Maine 04578 (207) 882-7511 www.maineartgallery.org closed for the season	The Parent Gallery 92 Main St Belfast, Maine 04915 (207) 338-1553 www.nealparent.com open Weds-Sat 10 am - 4 pm

Penobscot Marine Museum 5 Church St Searsport, ME 04974 (207) 548-2529 www.penobscotmarinemuseum.org closed for the season	American Society of Marine Artists 15th National Exhibition touring the country 10/27/2011 - 7/28/2013 www.americansocietyofmarineartists.com Gordon's work Carrier and Seiner* is included in this national tour*

We have many carvings available for purchase and prices vary.
Please contact us for more information or to request our brochure
Songs in the Wood.

Woodcarvings

	*Lay Out Your Anchor* butternut 12 3/4 x 20 3/4 2009
	*Adze #2* siruaballi 15 x 9 2008
	Adze #3 mahogany & AK cedar 11 3/4 x 9 3/4 2008 available through The Parent Gallery
	*Jenny in the Roadstead* mahogany 12 x 27 2008 available through Harbor Square Gallery
	Night Sculler butternut 12 1/4 x 8 1/2 2008 available through Harbor Square Gallery
	*Dream of Benda* butternut 10 x 24 2004
	*Wheelhouse Lauren T* mahogany & native pine 11 x 15 2009 available through Harbor Square Gallery
	*Their Salt is All Down* mahogany 9 x 13 2009
	Ge Merimead Beo #2 butternut 12 1/2 x 21 3/4 2005
	So I Jumped mahogany & native pine 20 x 12 2005 available through Harbor Square Gallery

Bronze Collection
Limited Editions

	*Dory #1* bronze 21 x 10 edition of 12 available through Harbor Square Gallery
	*Handsome on the Car* bronze 11 x 33 limited edition of 12 available through Harbor Square Gallery
	Mandocuddle bronze 8 1/2 x 10 1/2 limited edition of 12 available through Harbor Square Gallery
	Learning to Walk Again Carol & Connie #1 bronze 14 1/2 x 9 limited edition of 10

Gordon Bok Woodcarvings

Art Galleries

Woodcarvings

Bronze Collection Limited Editions

Bronze Collection
Limited Editions