Simon Beck is a 61-year-old British artist who trudged across a frozen reservoir the west of Denver to create a massive geometric artwork on fresh snow. After a dozen hours of labour in extreme temperatures, a spectacular spiral pattern was created. The artwork spanned the length of about two soccer fields. Beck’s background as a cartographer and an orienteer, along with a handful of volunteers have made the process bear fruit, as AP News detailed:
“I hope it makes people more aware of the snow and the environment and the beauty of it and how we need snow,” Beck said after completing the drawing. “And I think it’s a really beautiful and unique art form.”
Beck finished his day with high fives from his volunteers and congratulations from people who gathered on a nearby hillside to watch his progress.
But it hasn’t always gone this smoothly. It’s never clear how many workers will show up. And if bad weather rolls in, an intricate piece of art can quickly disappear.
“It’s very frustrating when you plod around for hours and hours and hours and then the wind blows it away before you’ve finished it,” he said.
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