Clay, Natural Materials and acrylics

23” high x 5” wide x 6.5” deep

“. . . On every side of us are men who hunt perpetually for their personal Northwest Passage, too often sacrificing health, strength and life itself to the search; and who shall say they are not happier in their vain but hopeful quest than wiser, duller folk who sit at home, venturing nothing…”

Northwest Passage by Kenneth Roberts

“Ah, for just one time I would take the Northwest Passage To find the hand of Franklin reaching for the Beaufort Sea Tracing one warm line through a land so wild and savage And make a Northwest Passage to the sea”

Northwest Passage Lyrics by Stan Roberts