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

Anchor


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

Yardskiff #1
native pine
19 x 9
2008

Their Salt

Their Salt is All Down
mahogany
9 x 13
2009

Ge Merimead Beo 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

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


Learning to Walk Again
Carol & Connie #1

bronze
limited edition of 10