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If I May Have Whidbey

A limited edition book

“You may have the universe, if I may have Italy.” — Verdi

Whidbey Island, Washington

from the introduction
But now I know—this is a place kissed by the gods.

Up north the world opens up around the bluffs, bays, and wheat fields in Coupeville. Further south, the world folds back into itself along the canyon-like roads of the southern tip. Time lives here—go visit the 500-year-old cedar in South Whidbey State Park, and you’ll see what I mean. Place names here tell their own story: Meerkerk Gardens, Ebey’s Landing, Admiralty Inlet, Penn Cove, Double Bluff, Mutiny Bay, Deception Pass, Possession Beach. 


In this place I now call home, the nights are filled with stars and owls, coyotes and frogs, ghosts and wood smoke. The days blow in gray and wet, or windy and sunny, with hints of honeysuckle, roasting coffee, horse manure, and wonder. Just up ahead on the right is that wetland with a sculpture of a coyote in the middle.


Everywhere you look, water, open fields, 
grasses, woods. The minute hand moves, the colors change. 
And the light. Come, look.

The Edition

Signed, numbered, limited to 30 copies.

Format
12 × 12 inches, hardbound
Prints
45 silver halide originals
Pages
50
Production
Each copy made to order
Allow one month for delivery

Every copy can be personalized — your family name, your inn, your home on the island. Designed by me and printed in Germany on FujiFilm Crystal Archive paper.

For pricing and availability, get in touch.
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 503.621.2215
From the Book

A selection of photographs from If I May Have Whidbey.

Whidbey Island
Whidbey Island
Whidbey Island
Whidbey Island
Whidbey Island
Whidbey Island
Whidbey Island
Ferry — Whidbey Island
Individual Prints

Available as standalone prints.

A selection of these photographs is also available as individual Giclée prints — pigment-based archival prints made on beautiful paper, here on the island.

Paper size: 16 × 20 inches. Image size: approximately 12 × 12 inches, centered. Each print is signed.

$300 unframed

To inquire: [email protected]

Finished Giclée print

Price Sculpture Forest, Coupeville, WA · 16 × 20 Giclée print

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