Finding art in beach stones

She knew it was coming. It always does.

Artist Nicole Shaver of Port Washington starts with a plan, but it doesn’t matter. Regardless of the medium, size, shape or theme, Shaver said sometime during the process a transformation occurs.

“Some fight it and some accept it,” she said. “I relish it.”

It’s no different with the piece Shaver is working on now. Shaped like an egg and a golf ball, the work is scheduled to be placed at Forest Beach Migratory Preserve next month, part of a partnership between

Gallery 224 in Port and the Ozaukee Washington Land Trust.