“Bird Matters” - Runs Through August 22

CLOSED: August 9 - August 13 for Sculpture Class.

Showing works by woodcarver

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The BP oil spill is now the largest spill ever in the Gulf of Mexico according to the highest federal estimates. Even after the oil is stopped, the Gulf ecosystem will be impacted for years to come. While it is expected that BP will be ‘paying the bill’, we still feel the need to do our part.

Rand Jack is a founding board member of Whatcom Land Trust and has helped preserve over 10,500 acres. A lawyer by trade, specializing in environmental issues, Rand taught at Fairhaven College and Western Washington University for 33 years. Now retired, Rand has the time to fully pursue his sculptural passion. As Rand describes, “bird carving is a perfect marriage of two things I love – birds and wood. It is an opportunity to harmonize the grace and smooth curves of birds with the figure, grain, color and texture of wood.”

Having traveled extensively through diverse locations such as Borneo, Tierra del Fuego, Trinidad/Tobago, Madagascar, the Queen Charlotte Islands and the Peruvian Upper Amazon Basin, Rand still only brings back images – making his sculptures out of native Whatcom County woods.