Coins for the Oarsman

Description

Coins for the Oarsman
BY: STEVE JENSEN
OIL ON found pennies, boat resin, high
gloss finish

50×52 cm

Steve Jensen has been a working artist for over 30 years. He comes from a long tradition of Norwegian fisherman and boat builders, growing up on his father’s fishing boat. His current body of work, “Böts”, explores the universal image of the boat.

From 2015 and 2021  Steve has solo exhibited at “SAM” Gallery, Seattle Art
Museum, Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Foss Waterway Seaport
Museum in Tacoma, WA. and Museum of Northwest Art in LaConnor, WA., Vashon Center for the Arts, Northwind Arts Center in Port Townsend, WA, and Schack Art Center in Everett, WA. This work was featured by Channel 9 “Art as Voyage: Steve Jensen’s Nordic Heritage” by Stephen Hegg.