The Art Of Snow

Looking at a mountain packed with snow, I see this massive piece of land blanketed with a  beautiful clear ,white area sparkling from the reflection of the sun. It looks like millions of tiny diamonds scattered in no particular order. But that's as far as my vision goes. Simon Beck is on a totally different wave length. Looking at that same clear white area, Simon sees possibilities. He has been creating snow art for 10 years and he does about 30 of these art works a year.


Simon, 56 says each of these take about 10-12 hours to do. He does them by walking and jogging through the snow while counting his step. He also uses a light on his head and a compass in order to try and create perfect patterns. The light is used because he typically does them at night to avoid the skiers.





Simon is a Orienterring Mapmaking Expert, which could point to why he likes to produce geometrical patterns. He also says its easier to do because "you are just following rules... You don't have to keep referring back to a diagram"

Most artists that I see, I have the vision of doing what they do. I can say I would not be able to do this like he does. This is truly magnificent to see and a true testament to the phrase "art is what you make it to be".







So be inspired to create your art any way that your heart decides to show it to the world because there are no set rules to describe what Art is. Art is FREEDOM.