As of November 2025: Variable Edition #4/6 on Hahnehmüle cotton paper measuring 22 x 31" is the only edition available at Froelick Gallery, it is archivally framed with white washed wood molding and UV plex. Published by Moon and Dog Press, master printer Seiichi Hiroshima, Tokyo for Rick Bartow. Paper and paper size was variable throughout this edition: the edition of 8 (eight) where on handmade Japanese Mitsumata paper, and 6 (six) VEs (variable editions) were printed on handmade Hahnehmüle cotton paper or on handmade, antique Japanese paper. Printer's Proofs (PP) and Artist Proofs (AP) were on handmade Japanese Kozo paper, Context of this work: “Salmon Boy” is related to the many human/animal transformation works Bartow made throughout his life. Salmon are a force of life on Oregon's coast and the Columbia River and are held in the highest regard in most of the regions’ cultures. Bartow depicted salmon often in drawing, painting, sculpture and prints. Salmon are tenacious and resilient, fighting great odds to spawn and reproduce… Rick talked about foolish pioneers and industrial fishers who thought they could eradicate predatory eels by poisoning the estuaries- only to discover that they had also killed the Salmon. He bemoaned the release of hybridized fish into the wild streams- “when you mess with nature things don’t often turn out right.” He presented us with images of salmon with human hands for fins and eyes where they did not belong. He spoke often about the interdependence of species- fly, salmon, bear, human. “Salmon Boy,” is the largest of the 25 drypoint prints he scratched during the Spring of 2015 and editioned with Seiichi Hiroshima. This is an homage to Leonardo Da Vinci’s Vitruvian man. Often he cited artists’ names or initials in titles as homage to artist peers and artists from the past- for example Claude Monet, Egon Schiele, Francis Bacon, Gustave Klimt, Fritz Scholder, Horst Janssen, Frank LaPena, Jim Lavadour, etc, etc. Joe Feddersen and he playfully bantered about whose fish-head works were better! Bartow was a voracious reader and observer; he always knew who he was quoting and was happy to acknowledge inspiration from other artists. He loved handmade Japanese papers- the more worm holes, crimps & folds or marks from another person or creature - the better. The chop identifying Moon and Dog Press, the 20 year printing collaboration with Hiroshima-san appears in the lower right corner- it is a dog jumping over the moon with a backwards R. Rick Bartow was born in December 1946 and passed away April 2, 2016, Newport, OR. Editions of this print are included in the following museums permanent collections: The Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, AZ; The Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA; The Fralin Museum, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA and The Maryhill Museum of Art, Maryhill, WA, and the Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Willamette University, Salem, OR. In 2006, Bartow reflected on his relationship to salmon: "Through my participation in ceremony at our Sang Song Salmon sweathouse my relationship with the salmon is strengthened by song, prayer and experience as the salmon spawn in the creek that flows 20 feet from the sweathouse door.  We have many "new" stories to add to the "old" stories and the drawing in discussion would certainly be fueled by these facts, however it is not an illustration of any one story.  It is, like a majority of my work, a piece that "occurred", born of personal experience, respect and reverence for ceremony and renewal." Originally told by Rick Bartow to Truman Lowe while at NMAI. Truman shared with Rebecca Rockom, August 30, 2016: Rick was camping by a river and had set up a tent. Early in the evening he made a fire and was having a quiet moment: contemplating the scene, thinking about his day and considering what the next day would bring. Later, he crawled into the tent, but couldn’t get to sleep; he kept hearing voices in the distance. The sounds got closer and soon he could understand some of the words – conversations about taking a trip. The voices headed upstream, so Rick got out of his tent and went down to the river. He looked up and down the river, but couldn’t see anything so went back to his tent. Again, he heard the voices! So Rick got back out of his tent and this time went into the river. He then recognized the salmon talking to one another about their day and their upcoming plans. Just a regular end of day conversation.