It Is Winter,

so it is time to start making snow patterns,

 and this gentleman knows all about how to make them, his name is Simon Beck, the British artist uses snowshoes to create a massive geometrical design on a reservoir near Silverthorne, Colorado, USA, we have in fact featured his work a couple of ties before, the above photograph and all others AP Photo/Thomas Peipert,

 the 61-year-old has completed about 330 snow drawings and 120 in sand since he started the art form outside his winter home at a French ski resort in 2004,

 and these are the shoes that make the pattern,

His drawings are commissioned around the world, he has published a book and has attracted a dedicated fan base, all of the above photographs taken in 2020, for full look at his story have a look here, I think I will just stick to snow angels! 

Art On A Giant Scale,

on the side of a mountain,

is Simon Beck's canvas, 

 he often walks an estimated 5,000 steps an hour for up to 10 hours at a time to complete an average piece,

 the work is mapped out on a computer,

 then it is snow shoes on and the work begins,

we have featured his snow work before,

 but this is the first time we have seen pictures of his art in sand,

completing a work like this before the tide comes in has really got to take a mammoth amount of planning, never mind racing to the top of the hill to take a picture of it!

Yesterday We Posted A Piece On Sand Art,

looking around we noticed you can make a similar effect with snow,

taking between between 6 hours and two days to complete, 54 year old Simon Beck strapped on a pair of snowshoes and walks out into the freshly fallen snow at the Les Arcs ski resort in France,

aided from years of competitive orienteering the skill helps him in the precise mapping process which often begins on a computer before he’s able to mark landmarks in the snow that guide his precise walking patterns,

England based Simon has been making snow art since 2004, I wonder if there was enough snow in the UK to save him the trip to France this year?