Fish Town

Fish Town short history: Fishtown is a small part of the small, unincorporated town of Leland, MI. European settlers arrived in the 1850s and quickly established commercial fishing operations there. Its heyday was from about 1910 to 1940, when most of Fishtown's signature weathered shanties were built and multiple commercial fisheries operated there, including one owned by the Carlson family, now in its fifth generation in Fishtown. Two commercial vessels — the Joy and the Janice Sue — still ply their nets in the big lake from a Fishtown home base. The smell of new-caught fish and the smokers used to preserve them linger in the air.

Printed on canvas, stretched and brush textured with a transparent gel. Finished size of 16" x 24", and signed. It is also available as a 12" x 18" printed on heavy watercolor paper or as an A2 size (4.25" x 5.5") notecard.