lieutenant island

Lieutenant Island in Wellfleet, MA, is connected to the mainland by an old wooden bridge, which gets flooded (and becomes impassable) twice a day at high tide.

This woodcut captures mid-tide, when large puddles reflect the sky and remind us of this passageway’s rhythmic, constant transformation from terrestrial to aquatic, and back again. Remind us that our coexistence with the natural world requires compromise and adaptability, and sometimes sacrifice.

Luckily the island is surrounded by marsh grasses, which protect the coast from erosion and flooding and provide a safe place for tons of important coastal and aquatic animals to live and find food.

It would be interesting to live here, in a place dominated by the tides and sheltered by the grasses. It’s very, very peaceful.

This reduction woodcut is printed with nontoxic, vegetable based inks on delicate Thai Kozo paper and measures 7.25 x 10.75” (paper measures 8.25 x 11.75”). Limited run of only 27.

10% of sales made from this print will be donated to the Audubon Society.