Art Rocks
The Pacific Coast of the
Olympic Peninsula in Washington State is known for its temperate rainforest and
the short, crazy-steep rivers of snowmelt that cascade down from the Olympic
Mountains to the sea, bringing with them thousands of felled trees and billions
of rocks. Most of the trees wind up bleached and stranded on the
pristine remote beaches where on a recent visit we saw no litter on
the beach, just a whale carcass slowly rotting away.
Some of
the beaches are sand, but a number retain some of the billions of rocks that
made the journey down the mountain. They are fractured and
tumbled into smooth eye-pleasing shapes. One rock looked to me just
like a sockeye salmon, another like a whale. Lauren and I decided to
interpret the rocks with the results below. These are not so much works of
art as eclectic fun decor items. Each piece is named and signed by the
artist. A number of coats of laquer is then applied to give them a Fresh
Wet Fish look. Prices range from $40 -
$150.
