Artist's Statement: Intrigued by one nighttime photograph at Ballard’s 24^th Avenue dock, I searched for other locations of nautical scenes suitable for night photography. Finding none where I as a solitary woman would feel safe, I returned again to the 24^th Avenue dock.  Soon I was returning every few days in sunlight and fog, rain and snow, morning and evening – sometimes to photograph, sometimes to just enjoy the peace and tranquillity the scene offered – my nautical interludes. 

On the border between the gentrified waterfront of restaurants and marinas and the working waterfront of old Ballard, the 24^th Avenue dock sees a constant changing panorama of yachts, fish boats, tour boats, small freighters, and families enjoying a stroll after dinner.

Nautical Interludes was on display at the Odyssey Maritime Discovery Center on Seattle's Central Waterfront, January 25-April 24, 2003. Chromogenic prints.