Category Archives: art

“Redpolls”

“Redpolls” print by Dale DeArmond; Circa 1967


“Killer Whales in Resurrection Bay, Alaska”

Oil on panel, by Rockwell Kent; 1919

“A Dreamer’s Search”

In the summer of 1918, Rockwell Kent arrived in Seward, Alaska with his nine year old son. They spent the rest of that summer, and the following winter in a small log cabin on Fox Island out in Resurrection Bay. They rebuilt the cabin, cut firewood, explored the island, but most of all Kent worked on his art. The work that followed, including his memoir Wilderness, inspired countless numbers of artists and adventurers alike.

A Dreamer’s Search is a short film by Alaskan filmmaker Eric Downs. The film explores the Kents adventure out on Fox Island, and asks one big question:

Would you risk everything to find your true calling?


“On the Trail”

“On the Trail (Alaska)”; Oil on board by Eustace Paul Ziegler – 1923


“A Day’s Work”

“A Day’s Work” by Rockwell Kent; Circa 1918-19, Fox Island, Alaska


“The Trapper”

“The Trapper” by Rockwell Kent, 1921

“Aurora Chaser”

This is a brilliant, short film by Vincent Ledvina of the Aurora Borealis in Churchill, Manitoba. He has some incredible footage on his youtube channel of the Aurora in Alaska, as well.

I recently came across his photography, because of the above time lapse video, and I thought I’d share his work here on Circle to Circle.

Even after all the years I’ve spent in the North, the Northern Lights never fail to stop me in my tracks. Looking at these images, I think it’s pretty easy to see why.

Don’t forget to look up.


“Sunglare: Alaska”

Sunglare-Alaska”; Oil on canvas, pasted on plywood, by Rockwell Kent, circa 1919


Alaskan Landscape

An untitled, oil on canvas of an Alaskan landscape, by Bob Ross; 1981

“Denali”

Oil on canvas, by Sydney Laurence; circa 1934