Interview American artist Jim Denevan on his ephemeral earthworks - The Art Newspaper - Coastal Care
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The California-based artist Jim Denevan has created unfathomably symmetrical ephemeral “paintings” on the sand since the mid-1990s, using a stick or rake to draw sometimes miles-long geometric and Fibonacci-inspired compositions.
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Action Trash People; By HA Schult - Coastal Care
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Breaking Free; By Santa Aguila Foundation - Coastal Care
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Coastal Bluff; By Joanna Asha Roznowski - Coastal Care
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Etch-A-Sketch” Earthworks by Jim Denevan – ArtStormer
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Sandbank On The Coast Of Whitsunday Island, Queensland, Australia; By Yann Arthus-Bertrand - Coastal Care
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Wander Through a Geometric Field of 448 Sculptures in Jim Denevan's 'Self Similar' — Colossal
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Enter sandman – the extraordinary beach art of Jim Denevan
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Bird of Paradise - Impasto, Panama Mangroves; By Santa Aguila Foundation - Coastal Care
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Art Lost; By David Kassman - Coastal Care
Way) beyond gallery space
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Beach Art - Coastal Care
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Far Rockaway, NY; By Andrew Kidman - Coastal Care