The foothold held fast as our toes ached and the salty water sloughed away skin and left bone to be ground to dust and sand. There's only rocks and seagulls here though, steadfast against the sound of water trickling over and again with each push and pull of the tide, or some kind of wake., 2020
Inkjet print, etching
17h x 17w in
43.18h x 43.18w cm
Framed: 17 5/16h x 17 1/2w in
43.97h x 44.45w cm
Edition 1 of 3, 2 APs
SH-20-14
Sky Hopinka (b. 1984, US)
They don't care about us and laugh when we turn on each other. I promised myself, no memories, no similes, still, I am deeply troubled at heart., 2020
Inkjet print, etching
17h x 17w in
43.18h x 43.18w cm
Framed: 17 5/16h x 17 1/2w in
43.97h x 44.45w cm
Edition 1 of 3, 2 APs
SH-20-12
Sky Hopinka (b. 1984, US)
Here and after, never knowing what came before or comes next, they sit and watch the ocean thinking of the sand and what's buried underneath. I heard a long time ago that there's a village somewhere near here. Under the sand, overgrown by trees, restless and quiet., 2020
Inkjet print, etching
17h x 17w in
43.18h x 43.18w cm
Framed: 17 5/16h x 17 1/2w in
43.97h x 44.45w cm
Edition 1 of 3, 2 APs
SH-20-11
Sky Hopinka (b. 1984, US)
O! Being here right now, not thinking of yesterday or the day before. But a long time ago last night aunty mentioned today and the rain falling and streaking against the upstairs window as Stacey and I looked down at the birch waiting to be climbed. This isn't the outside, and being here then felt more comfortable, in slicks and hoods, in boots and in our youth., 2020
Inkjet print, etching
17h x 17w in
43.18h x 43.18w cm
Framed: 17 5/16h x 17 1/2w in
43.97h x 44.45w cm
Edition 1 of 3, 2 APs
SH-20-10
Sky Hopinka (b. 1984, US)
High in a mountain lake the kids touched their toes to the water surrounded by and surrounding their youth. The dregs underneath the turbid sediments sip the sands drifting down sinking down from the bottoms of their feet. It felt minor and buried as the day shined out., 2020
Inkjet print, etching
17h x 17w in
43.18h x 43.18w cm
Edition 1 of 3, 2 APs
SH-20-08
Sky Hopinka (b. 1984, US)
The thunders have returned. From the north they came south as I was sitting outside on a porch visiting and laughing with an old friend who always tells me "welcome home" every time I come around. They say that this time of year, the thunders have returned. k'oiregišana., 2020
Inkjet print, etching
17h x 17w in
43.18h x 43.18w cm
Framed: 17 5/16h x 17 1/2w in
43.97h x 44.45w cm
Edition 1 of 3, 2 APs
SH-20-07
Sky Hopinka (b. 1984, US)
Free me from this body, I'm tired and want to go home. Free me from this body, it's weary and weak, and I am so tired., 2020
Inkjet print, etching
17h x 17w in
43.18h x 43.18w cm
Edition 1 of 3, 2 APs
SH-20-05
Sky Hopinka (b. 1984, US)
Kará! Listen! This is part of the source, these waters and these currents carrying canoes and the ancestors, new and old., 2020