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luminous oyster shells and the stories-high
res of Willapa Bay, near my summer studio in
g Beach peninsula. Willapa Bay is the largest
especially sensitive to water quality. My Oyster
terests: spatial depth, a composition that fills
f linear strokes and brush-laden marks. These
th of technique and of the iconic image of the
Joan Stuart Ross
Artist Statement
ave been an oyster farm. It had been created by
etland property in southern New Jersey and cut
ires. These he tossed into the sandy shallows of
ds of fertilized oyster eggs attached themselves
yster seed.”
ppily growing baby oysters, were gathered and
t marsh by the Great Sound. There, strung like
nels that were flushed daily by a combination of
d, the oysters had grown succulent and ready for
age from its complex across the marsh into the
oyster farm, a legal and quiet enterprise created
f lawsuits later, the county was let off scot-free. So
asic life stuff, held and housed in their own, solid
spond by making a pearl. An important life lesson