Poor Planning by Walter McDonald (Texas)
Love Never Grows Old by John Gowdy (Italy)
This was one of several Neptunes, but I did not record the title of the piece, but it was created by Sudarsan Pattnaik of India
Glory Lost by Ilya Filimonstev (Russia)
This was not the solo winner, but was my favorite, Migrations by Lucinda Wierenga of Texas.
Flamenco by Thomas Koet and Jill Harris (USA)
Don't Worry Mum, It's Only a Jet Fighter by Joris Kivits and Michela Ciappini (Netherlands)
If you have ever been to Va. Beach, you know where the title comes from.
Old Navy by Meredith Corson and Dan Doubleday (USA)
Neptune Saves the Day by Sandis Kondrats and Uldis Zarins (Latvia)
Celtic Sisters by Karen Fralich (Canada) and Eva "Sue" McGrew (USA)
The Path of Life Dan Belcher (USA) and Benjamin Probanza (Mexico)
Together Forever by Jacinthe Trudel and Jonathan Bouchard (Canada)
This is a close up of my favorite double.
You can see the rest of my set here, and some night time shots from fellow local blogger David here and here.
Les, outstanding pictures. You really captured the detail and artisanship of this amazing work. Thanks for the shout out for my blog.
ReplyDeleteImpressive sculpting! How did the artists create those ruffles?!
ReplyDeleteHaving grown up in a "tourist trap" beach in New England, this reminds me of the annual celebration when the visitors would leave and we had the beach to ourselves again. Similarly, it was also the time of year when it was getting colder and the sand castle competitions came....what a beautiful thing to experience.
ReplyDeleteWow there were some talented artists there this year Les. I'm always in awe of people with talent like this. Thanks for sharing. :)
ReplyDeleteThose sand sculptures are truly amazing.
ReplyDeleteThose are amazing. I love the old couple.
ReplyDeleteAnd congratulations on your GGW photo award!
Amazing aren't they! The little kid in me totally loves the dragon~gail
ReplyDeleteI'm always left flabbergasted at the dedication these people have for something so transiet...it's so amazing!
ReplyDeleteMore like sand sculpture – amazing! My kids and their cousins often enter the sand castle contest on Nantucket Island. I’ll have to show them these creations. I love the face on that dragon especially. Fabulous photos.
ReplyDeleteIt is amazing what people can do with sand. I have never seen a sand art exhibit in person but the pics I have seen, Such as these, makes me want to hunt one down and check it out some time. My Sister and Law was in VA Beach this past weekend with a craft event showing their art work. Was this going on this past weekend?
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ReplyDeleteThank you for the comments and you are welcome for the shout out.
Georgia,
I am not sure how they do it, but I know spay bottles of water are involved.
Tim,
As much as we like the tourism dollars, it is nice to have the beach back and to be able to get a seat in the restaurants.
Racquel,
Yes there was some talent on the beach.
Sweetbay,
Yes they are amazing.
Kelly,
Thank you. I was very pleased with the award.
Gail,
I wish I could have showed you the whole thing.
Scott,
It kind of reminded me of the Buddist monks and their sand paintings.
Sarah,
I hope they get inspired.
Skeeter,
Yes it was last weekend. I may have seen your sister-in-law's art.
Les
These are really amazing! WOW!
ReplyDeleteI love stuff like this. Why don't I see this in Nebraska? Two years ago I saw snow sculptures in Chicago that were pretty neat like these. I'm the kind of guy that likes mouth bangjos, spoon music, blue man group (in the beginning), butter sculpture....
ReplyDelete"Migrations" is definitely a winner in my book. We are on the opposite schedule here and enjoy summer when 40,000+ UW students leave town.
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