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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.

 

"Songs in the Wood" Concert and Art Show - Camden Public Library, 55 Main St, Camden ME 04843
Concert: Thursday March 1st 7:00 pm; art showing March 1 - March 31

 

Art Galleries

Gordon is represented by Harbor Square Gallery in Rockland, Maine.
His works have been shown in this and many other galleries and shows, including:
   

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
   

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Susan and the Harbor Seal
Native Birch
17 1/4 x 11 1/2
2011

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