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 grew up with, 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	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

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

Woodcarvings

	*Lay Out Your Anchor* Butternut 12 3/4 x 20 3/4 2009 available through Harbor Square Gallery
	*Adze #2* siruaballi & mahogany 2008 available through Islesford Artists Gallery
	Adze #3 mahogany & AK cedar 2008 available through Harbor Square Gallery
	*Jenny in the Roadstead* mahogany 2008 available through Harbor Square Gallery
	Night Sculler butternut 2008
	*Dream of Benda* butternut
	*Yardskiff #1* native pine 19 x 9 2008
	*Their Salt is All Down* mahogany 9 x 13 2009
	Ge Merimead Beo #2 butternut 2005 available through Islesford Artists Gallery
	New Stem for Ida Mae butternut & mahogany 14 x 7 2007

Bronze Collection
Limited Editions

	*Dory #1* bronze edition of 12 available through Harbor Square Gallery
	*Handsome on the Car* bronze limited edition of 12 available through Harbor Square Gallery
	Mandocuddle bronze limited edition of 12 available through Harbor Square Gallery
	Learning to Walk Again Carol & Connie #1 bronze limited edition of 10

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Gordon Bok Woodcarvings

Art Galleries

Woodcarvings

Bronze Collection Limited Editions

Bronze Collection
Limited Editions