Among working artists at the 2010 Anacortes Arts Festival was sculptor Tracy Powell, pictured here allowing a boy to strike his chisel on a piece of stone. Among Powell’s many works is the “Maiden of Deception Pass” story pole at Rosario Beach.
I was there with my camera when the “Maiden of Deception Pass” story pole was unveiled at Rosario Beach in Deception Pass State Park many years ago. The carving was done by Tracy Powell for the Skagit County Centennial Committee, which paid him $6,000 from state funds to create the work. Debbie Aldrich, Ellen Bynum […]