Public Art and Museums Cannon Beach didn’t earn its reputation as an art lover’s paradise on its galleries alone. You can barely walk two blocks in this town without bumping into a mesmerizing public sculpture or a museum that begs to be explored. Start your tour at the corner of Spruce and Second streets at The Wave sculpture, a steel interpretation of the ocean’s waves by Sharon Warman Agnor. Next walk across Second and Spruce streets, then head north until you see a red metal sphere by Ivan McLean in the courtyard of Northwest by Northwest Gallery. The gallery’s one-of-a-kind glass doors are created by artist Duane Dahl. Continue north on Spruce, cross Third Street and walk to the corner of East Third Street, where you’ll find a block-long rusted whale ribs sculpture created by Nick Thomas Design Studio. Now follow East Third Street east as it turns and becomes Fir Street. Just before the bridge, walk west on the bark trail to the beach access at the edge of Ecola Creek. The cedar Welcome Pole sculpture was carved by Native artist Guy Capoeman and is inspired by the original Clatsop-Nehalem Tribe that lived along this creek bank. Continue along the trail through a small, wooded area, emerging at Spruce Street and turning right on Third Street to Whale Park. Here you’ll find a bronze whale sculpture commemorating the 1806 visit of Lewis and Clark’s Corps of Discovery, when they reportedly found a whale that had washed ashore here. Cross Hemlock Street and walk south to enter the heart of downtown Cannon Beach. Turn left up the pathway by Coastal Yarns, where the courtyard features a bronze seal sculpture by Northwest sculptor Georgia Gerber. Pass through the courtyard to the south to find a colorful mural by Rumi Tsuda depicting Cannon Beach scenes. Return to Hemlock Street and continue south. Cross Hemlock to check out the raven sculpture fountain in the courtyard of the Landing by Jim Eppler, and then continue, crossing West First Street and Hemlock again, to A Delicate Balance, a sculpture with stacked chickens and eggs by sculptor Wayne Chabre. Next, walk south along the east side of Hemlock and continue for a halfmile to South Hemlock and Coolidge Avenue to see bronze tufted puffins by Georgia Gerber. Cross Hemlock Street and walk to Contact, an orange steel bench formed by two figures reaching toward each other, created by artist Alisa Looney. KENNY HUY NGUYEN / OREGON COAST VISITORS ASSOCIATION (4) Whale sculpture A Delicate Balance Tufted puffins 30 Cannon Beach Visitor Guide
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