Posted: Oct 28, 2008, 9:56 PM CST
In a huge dry lake bed...
...some very interesting things have been showing up.
Jim Denevan made the world's largest freehand drawing in June, 2008 on a dry lake in Nevada.
How big is it? Three mile across, which took 100 miles of walking to draw the pattern:
Jim says:
"It is really really big. My first attempt at a place so large. I think it represents about seven or eight days of walking."(that speck in the middle is Jim)
The artist was asked how long the artwork lasts? he responded:
"Completely erased in a rainstorm the next week... It felt strange to work so hard and not see tide come in. But rains did come which is sort of the same thing."
Jim is also known for his other venture "
Outstanding in the Field", where haute cuisine is served in the middle of wild natural environment, such as a country field, a rocky strewn coast, or a mountaintop.
I'm totally loving the ride, Jim...
At low tide on wide beaches Jim searches the shore for a wave tossed stick. After finding a good stick and composing himself in the near and far environment Jim draws-- laboring up to 7 hours and walking as many as 30 miles. The resulting sand drawing is made entirely freehand with no measuring aids whatsoever...
For more of these amazing works by
Jim Denevan, you can visit his personal website.
He's only a google away.
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