Natural tide-pool art at Weston Beach
Weston Beach Natural Art

Intertidal-zone Carmelo Formation patterns: the artscape of Point Lobos Reserve
At Weston Beach art is created by waves moving over sculptured rock surfaces. Its artscape includes labyrinths of naturally molded rock with small tide pools—the geologically interesting and inspiring patterns that formed as a result of tectonic uplifting and erosion of Carmelo Formation sandstone and mudstone.

Weston Beach is named for the artist Edward Henry Weston (1886-1958), who enjoyed photographing formations, textures and figures around Point Lobos. The art collecting and education site Artsy describes Edward Weston as one of the most influential American photographers of the 20th century, known for his richly detailed and precisely composed black-and-white images of landscapes, organic forms and nudes. Strolling the south shores in the Point Lobos Reserve, you are invited to follow in Weston's footsteps and contemplate what the natural world has in store. Nature keeps producing art and you will capture the result—or will it be the other way around?
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