Driftworks #1
Awaiting reportPainting nameHidden until found
Date foundNot yet reported
LocationAwaiting shoreline report
Finder photoPending
Found a Driftworks bottle?
Become part of an art adventure.
Please send the painting name (located on the back), date found, location, and a photo if possible.
The route matters. You finding the bottle becomes part of the story, and each report helps build the public map of Driftworks Series I.
Keep the painting with my thanks, along with a personal invitation to visit the studio someday.
Public art release · Winterport, Maine · Summer 2026
Driftworks Series I
Six small original oil paintings sealed inside bottles and released into the Penobscot River from Winterport, Maine.
A riverborne art project where the finder becomes part of the art itself.
6 original works
Oil studies on paper
Wax-sealed bottles
Released June 21st, 2026
Project overview
Original paintings released directly to the forces of nature.
Driftworks Series I is an experiment in surrendering original art to the river. Each painting began in the studio as a small river study from my view here during different times of the year, then entered a bottle with a short note inviting the finder to become part of the magic.
With this project the tide is the curator, wind as installer, shoreline as gallery wall, and the eventual finder as the final hand in the exhibit of the paintings.
Inside each sealed bottle is one original painting, a hand written message, and a special invitation. A bottle might be found quickly, travel far, return to marsh grass, wash onto a beach, or disappear into the river legend forever.
Finder note: If you found one of these bottles, please report the name of the painting, the date, and the location where it came ashore plus a photo.
How the project works
Art released to the forces of nature.
Paint
Six small oil paintings of the river were created as original works.
Prepare
Each work has a unique name and was paired with a note and a special invitation for the finder.
Seal
The bottles were corked and properly sealed with red wax making each bottle a tiny floating art time capsule.
Launch
This first fleet entered the Penobscot River from Winterport, Maine on June 21st, 2026 at maximum high tide.
Report
Finders are encouraged to send the painting name, location, date, and photos back to Cliffwind Studio.
Painting log
Ledger updated as bottles are found.
When a finder sends the painting name, date, location, and photo, this log will be updated revealing each individual work as they resurface.
Driftworks #2
Awaiting reportPainting nameHidden until found
Date foundNot yet reported
LocationAwaiting shoreline report
Finder photoPending
Driftworks #3
Awaiting reportPainting nameHidden until found
Date foundNot yet reported
LocationAwaiting shoreline report
Finder photoPending
Driftworks #4
Awaiting reportPainting nameHidden until found
Date foundNot yet reported
LocationAwaiting shoreline report
Finder photoPending
Driftworks #5
Awaiting reportPainting nameHidden until found
Date foundNot yet reported
LocationAwaiting shoreline report
Finder photoPending
Driftworks #6
Awaiting reportPainting nameHidden until found
Date foundNot yet reported
LocationAwaiting shoreline report
Finder photoPending
No bottles yet reported, when and where will the first bottle be found?
Image log
Bottle prep, contents, fleet, and launch.
Before launch
The fleet
Six sealed bottles overlooking the Penobscot River.
Sealed
Red wax crown
A tiny floating art time capsule readies for its voyage.
Before the bottles
Driftworks Series I
All six original paintings laid out together, details revealed as bottles discovered!
Launch
Released into the Penobscot
Driftworks bottle #6 disappearing into silver water.