It’s the sort of art that reaches beyond surface inspiration from the sea. For Duncan Berry, whose chosen medium is the Japanese folk art technique of Gyotaku, printmaking is dependent on the marine life of Oregon’s rocky shoreline.

Berry, who lives within the biosphere reserve at Cascade Head, near Neskowin, gathers fish, octopuses, shrimp and other ocean dwellers, then immerses them in ink to reveal their form on paper.

Through February, he’ll show a collection of original prints at Astoria’s RiverSea Gallery on Commercial Street. He’s also preparing to be one of this year’s FisherPoets, sharing stories of life at sea during the gathering later this month.

At Imogen Gallery, on 11th Street, fellow FisherPoet George Wilson will join in the city’s melding of fishing, poetry and art, showing a collection of watercolors.

Astoria Visual Arts, at 10th and Duane streets, will show fish skin prints and dioramas, among other works in a display titled “Far Flung Friends in the Fishing Industry.”

In few places would it seem sensible to find such a collection, a group of art galleries making preparations and celebrations for maritime industry folks traveling hundreds, even thousands of miles to read poetry and share art. Few places, that is, but Astoria.