The buoy fruit tree is very rare and especially spectacular in the winter when the tree loses its leaves, but retains its multicolor fruits. In fact, it’s so rare that I know of only one such tree in existence, and that is this one at the WoodenBoat School campus.
Well …. Maybe my imagination has gotten out of hand again. But, I think that this display rightfully may be called “found object art” or “found art,” which is defined by Wikipedia as “art created from undisguised, but often modified, items or products that are not normally considered materials from which art is made.”
These “fruits” are lost lobster trap buoys that have washed up on the shore of nearby Great Cove and hung on one of the shore trees. Maine requires its lobster fisherman to define their trap territories by using individualistic design/color combinations on their buoys – sort of simplified coats of arms for our noble fishermen (male and female).
When the buoys are collected like this and seen up close, it looks a little like abstract-impressionistic art of the Jackson Pollock type:
(Images taken in Brooklin, Maine, on November 24, 2022.)