sand sculptures (no, not his dancing bear for a change). Le Touquet in north eastern France is renowned for its beautiful beaches and gardens, but a less well known feature every year is its festival of the art of sand sculpture created by the British sand artist Simon Smith and a team of fellow artists from all over the world. This year the theme is the Kings of France. Starting with a pile of sand of mind-boggling proportions, the team create works of art to rival any stone sculptor with the certain knowledge that there work will cease to make it into any art gallery, or even last until the end of the summer. - and yet they travel all over the world bringing joy to seasides in every continent. When I met Simon he was about to depart for Poland to work in the Russian Embassy! The work shown in my photograph is maybe 8 meters high and is surrounded by countless others around the 2 meter size, so these are no bucket and spade jobs! If you get chance it is worth the trip to Le Touquet just for the appreciation of a very unusual art. You can view my images of the sculptures on my French gallery.
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