The Light of the Oregon Coast The air in Aberdeen, Washington, carries a specific weight, a dampness that defines the Pacific Northwest. It is here, in 1894, that Albert Clarence Runquist enters the world. His path leads from the rugged coastlines of Washington to the academic halls of the University of Oregon, and eventually to the intense, disciplined atmosphere of the Art Students League in New York. He is a man shaped by the movement of tides and the shifting light of the coast. His hands, trained in the studios of New York, eventually find their way back to the salt and spray of the West…