Washington artist Jeffro Uitto gathers the medium for his artwork on the beaches near his home during the winter months. It can take years collecting the gnarly, twisted driftwood which comprises his expressive animal sculptures in order to amass enough for what will become one of his pieces. The artist from Tokeland, the small coastal town where Jeffro has lived his whole life, has been working with salvaged wood since he was a young kid. Over the years, he’s fashioned life-sized eagles, rhinos, lions, horses, and even whales from the found materials. “Winter is when I usually spent a lot of time hiking the beaches and rivers for unique puzzle pieces,” the sculptor told The Epoch Times. He has featured his work in art galleries, as well as on his social media pages. Jeffro completed his most recent work—a dramatic life-sized horse—with the help of Zela, his wife of 18 years, …