In 1938, he relocated to Seattle – where he worked for the W.P.A. and became acquainted with artists like Mark Tobey and Morris Graves.
He spent much of his professional life in Seattle and La Conner, Washington, sharing a studio for a while with Guy Anderson.
Notable artists and photographers included: Dody Weston Thompson, Ansel Adams, Minor White, Charis Wilson (second wife of Edward Weston and the famous model of his nude photographic work), Paul Strand, Dorothea Lange, Wynn Bullock, Don Ross, Ruth Bernhard, Willard Van Dyke, Nata Piaskowski, Beaumont Newhall and Nancy Newhall, and artists Georgia O'Keeffe, Morris Graves and Jean Charlot and his wife Zohmah Charlot.
William Morris | Robert Graves | Morris | John Graves Simcoe | Butch Morris | Morris County, New Jersey | Commonwealth War Graves Commission | William Morris Agency | Richard Morris Hunt | Morris Motors | Morris County | Jan Morris | Morris Minor | Benny Morris | Mark Morris | Jim Morris | Philip Morris USA | Morris Louis | Morris & Co. | James Morris | IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award | Robert James Graves | Morris Levy | Morris Hillquit | Leon Morris | Howard Morris | Gouverneur Morris | Errol Morris | Desmond Morris | William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield |
Foster/White Gallery has a history of representing notable artists from the Northwest including Dale Chihuly, Mark Tobey, Guy Anderson, Richard Gilkey, Morris Graves, Tony Angell, Lois Graham, Alden Mason, Duane Pasco and George Tsutakawa.