Pook a Moon Gallery is named after a Makah legend that tells of a group of warriors who set out to sea to hunt a whale. My wife and I were traveling to the Makah reservation which is centered around the town of Neah Bay in northwest Washington State. While there, we became enamored of a wood carving of a man’s face in profile worked into a quarter moon. We commissioned a local carver named Frank Smith to create a 10-foot totem pole with a 10-foot wing span.

My intention with Pook a Moon Gallery is to celebrate and highlight several forms of Native American art including northwest California and Lower Klamath River basketry as well as contemporary Hopi pottery and southwest silver and turquoise jewelry.