Given the vibrancy of Rockaway's artistic community, we figured that the cover of The Rockaway Summer Guide should feature the work of a local artist. To find the right piece, we asked several of our friends to help us. Thanks to Paula DiGioia, one of the Wave's graphic designers -- and author of "The Glorified Tomato" column -- James Dalid of the Rockaway Artists Alliance and our cartoonist Tom Kerr, we got a lot of entries. Finally, we selected "Monument for Fish" by Carolin Wood. She was so excited to be chosen, we decided we wanted to learn more about…