Size: 8”x12” 300gsm Heavy Matte Paper

Signed & stamped in verso

Dohkwibuhch is the creator deity of the Snohomish People of the Puget Sound, deep in Northwest Washington. But when he created the land he had also made a mistake making the sky too low and people would strike their heads on it. A group of wise men gathered to devise a plan to lift the sky. They decided that it could be done if everyone in the world lifted at the same time, when the wise men called "Yah-hoh", which meant "lift together" in all of their languages. However, when the time came, a group of three hunters were unaware of the plan. They had followed a herd of four elk into the sky world. When the sky was lifted, they and their quarry became trapped in the sky forever, with the hunters becoming the handle of the Big Dipper and the elk becoming its bowl.

The omnipresent northwest cloud layer, for some a gloomy blanket of despair, a hovering reality. For me it feels like home, a blanket not of despair but of comfort. A childhood of bliss and want of nothing. I’d rather climb a tall tree to touch it then wish it away.

Technical Info: Nikon D810, Voigtlander 40mm, 3 frames stitched