Tides follow patterns created by the surface of the Earth and the gravitational pull that occurs between the Earth and the Moon. Where I live Downeast on Passamaquoddy Bay, we have the highest tides of the Eastern United States at about 20 feet. The tides in Key West, Florida, are about five to eight feet. In some parts of Alaska the tide can reach from 26 to 30 feet. Not too far from Passamaquoddy Bay is the Bay of Fundy in Canada with the highest tides in the world at almost 40 feet. The tidal reach series explores how the tidal reach here interacts with the seasons, the winds, the fresh water draining from land and rivers, the snow and ice, whether during a low-draining tide that reveals contours of the ocean floor rarely seen or storm surges that push the tide high onto land, smashing into vegetation and rocks and eroding shoreline in jagged rips. These paintings are available at Full Fathom Five Gallery, Eastport, Maine.