Along the shore of Lake Michigan in picturesque Fox Point stands an eccentric and controversial cottage.
Today, the yard is filled with dozens of driftwood sculptures and cement statues decorated with rocks from the beach. It sticks out in this quiet, residential neighborhood. The garage is lined with wood carvings of faces and fish.
“I love the fish. And these (sculptures), of course, always remind me of Easter Island — the big heads,” said playwright Marie Kohler of Milwaukee, who looks through the chain-link fence surrounding the home, pointing out her favorite works of art in the yard.
All of this work was created by the late artist Mary Nohl. Her home was her canvas, as she filled nearly every inch of the inside and outside with her sculptures and paintings. Her home was known as the “Witch’s House.”…