| Aging myrtlewood trees lean over riverbanks; water erodes under tree roots, creating shelter for salmon journeying upriver.
Eventually, the trees tumble into the river, where aggressive winter flooding sweeps roots, stumps and burls of the time-worn myrtlewoods into the lower bays.
The resulting driftwood forms stir the imagination; add the eye and hand of the artist, and the salmon of exceptional wood grain flows from the natural formation. |