Artist Jon Foreman arranges delightful stone patterns on the beach, showing rocks forming swirls and huge circles containing a rainbow of colors. "This process is therapeutic for me," Foreman said. "The simple act of placing a stone on the sand is very therapeutic. I'm sure we all love walking on the beach, but I find this process to be much more immersive; DIY in nature and rediscovering something lost in the work of myself, free from all the stress of daily life.”
He lives in Pembrokeshire, Wales, which has a wide coastline. “The beaches here are really great, there are so many, I doubt I’ve even visited half of them,” he explains. Once at the beach, he spends an average of four hours creating his artwork.
He noticed that, despite being hard, rocks changed when they were put together. "There are so many ways to arrange stone. Color, size, shape, angle of placement, direction facing, etc., the possibilities are endless. Although stone is not my only material of choice, it is currently my favorite , because it brings many different possibilities."
Ground art is ephemeral and will eventually be reclaimed by the earth from which it originated. "As the waves get closer, it usually becomes a race," Foreman said. "People often ask me if it bothers me that this work will eventually disappear. I say: not at all. Even though it was short-lived, it is very special to me."
