Artist Cole Sternberg’s Boat Voyage from Japan to Portland

A new exhibition, "The Nature of Breathing in Salt," highlights an adventure-inspired process

Late last year, bicoastal American painter Cole Sternberg stepped aboard a bulk shipping vessel at the Shin Kasado port in Western Japan. It was the Ultra Letizia ship’s maiden voyage, headed toward Portland, Oregon. And, while the boat carried no cargo (as it was on a test run) it would provide a home and studio space for Sternberg and his linen, graphite and watercolors. On …