OPEN HOUSE

Meet the Artist Tom Crestodina!

The Eddon Boatyard House will be open to the public for approximately two hours -between 1PM and 3PM - for those that would like to meet and talk to Tom. Crestodina’s artwork in the form of prints, books and shirts will be available.

Tom Crestodina - author, artist and commercial fisherman - will use his celebrated artistic illustrations to depict the methods and gear-types utilized by commercial fishing vessels to catch our seafood. Tom’s work offers detailed views of vessels, nets, pots, and hook-and-line gear. His presentation is both an insider’s view of commercial fishing in the North Pacific and is a wonderful presentation of a skilled artist and his unique genre.

Born in the Midwest, artist Tom Crestodina has been working as a fisherman in Alaska for over 20 years. He began making cutaway drawings of the vessels he was working on as a way to communicate with his small child while he was at sea. Soon friends and acquaintance’s started asking for drawings of their commercial boats, and that led Tom down the path of more broadly illustrating the region’s maritime trades. His whimsical artwork is now carried in shops and galleries all over the Pacific coast of North America. He lives in Bellingham, Washington, with Ania and their two children. You can find out more about Tom and his work on his website: TheScow.BigCartel.com