When I first discovered the shipyards of Port Townsend, I was mesmerized by the abstract surfaces and the unique combination of colors found in the boats’ hulls. 

Each texture told a story: from the marking of their passage through rough Alaskan waters, to the sandblasting and stripping of those being restored for their return to sea. 

Studying these layers of decay fascinated me, as it is this graphic evidence of both the random damage from nature and the intentional damage from the human touch.  In this series of photographs, I wanted to capture how these organic shapes and dynamic colors create an abstract topography of the boat’s history and a way of understanding the timelessness of each journey upon which they have embarked.