" Growing up spending summers in Northeast Harbor, one of my favorite activities was combing the beaches for “treasures.”I now live here year-round and can comb the beaches of MDI and other points DownEast in all seasons, discovering whatever gems: sand dollars, sea glass, shells, driftwood and other fascinating objects, the ocean deposits on the shore.I am also now realizing a dream – to create art with the ‘found’ objects.As a collector of folk art for years, I finally decided to try creating fish and other sea creatures from the pieces of flotsam and jetsam that have for years filled jars and boxes in my house.I mostly use these “sea changed” objects, but sometimes I find perfectly suited ornaments at the dump or at yard sales.Actually half the fun is finding the bits that can be combined into a new creation.It makes each piece different and each piece unique. "
