Petersburg Public Library
Petersburg, Alaska
Permanent Collection
March, 2016
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Birds Near Petersburg Mountain
oil on canvas
Red Can, N. Wrangell Narrows, Frederick Sound,
Alaska
oil on canvas
About Me
- John McCabe, Petersburg, SE Alaska
- WELCOME TO MY ART SITE; I hope you enjoy your visit as much as I enjoy sharing each painting with you. [TO PURCHASE A PAINTING, PLEASE CONTACT ME AT: lutefiskalaska@msn.com] Anyone who creates art has life experiences that affect them; some of my important life experiences include being part of an immigrant Irish family in Boston; military service in the US Air Force with a tour of duty in Francisco Franco's Spain; adventuresome, capable, caring wife and children, experiencing the Civil Rights/Viet Nam era; public school teaching in Petersburg, SE Alaska; working in the fishing industry as a cold storage worker, fish buyer, deckhand and salmon troller; hiking the desert trails of Coachella Valley, California; art excursions through central Mexico; discovering the art of Paul Klee, Jean Arp, and Roger Hilton of St. Ives, England; studying the writings of art educator David Friend. Contact: lutefiskalaska@msn.com