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24 Beach Art Installations

From Sprawling Sand Art to Nightmarish Sandcastles

— August 4, 2014 — Eco
These amazing beach art installations make use of the sand and sea, turning shores into canvases and living art galleries. One of the easiest ways for anyone to create their own sand art is by bring a few buckets to the beach to form a sandcastle. But instead of going for the ordinary, these sandcastles go for real castle-like forms that are larger than life and hyper-realistic.

The sand itself also makes for a pretty great place to make 2D paintings, especially since these can be created to look 3D with the use of illusion. One of the best things about beach art is that it doesn't require a lot of additional supplies, since nature provides most of them, and after it's been appreciated, it can simply go back to being a part of the natural landscape.
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Women's Rights Land Portraits
Women's Rights Land Portraits
The Amsterdam Vogelvrije Vrouwen Project Raises Awareness
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Sand Angel Installations
Sand Angel Installations
The Lifesaving Society's Beach Art Piece Raises Awareness on Drowning
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World's Tallest Sand Castle
World's Tallest Sand Castle
The Ed Jarrett Sand Castle is an Artistic Masterpiece Fit for a King
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Blocked Beach Art Portraits
Blocked Beach Art Portraits
The Adriaan de Lange Creative Art Series Presents Fun in the Sun
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Geometrically-Groomed Coasts
Geometrically-Groomed Coasts
The Gunilla Klingberg 'A Sign in Space' Tracks Lay Soft on the Shore
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Global Beach Art Projects
Global Beach Art Projects
The World Beach Project by Sue Lawty Lets Anyone Become an Artist
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Sizzling 8-Bit Sandcastles
Sizzling 8-Bit Sandcastles
Guy-Olivier Deveau Brings Classic Nintendo Games to the Beaches
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Man-Within-Man Sand Sculptures
Man-Within-Man Sand Sculptures
Infinity by Carl Jara Depicts Surreal Human Figures
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Metropolitan Sand Castles
Metropolitan Sand Castles
The Matt Long Giant Sand Castles Found Their Way to New York City
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3D Sand Sketches
3D Sand Sketches
The Jamie Harkins 3DSD Drawings Depict Depth Along Beaches
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Giant Oceanic Doll Structures
Giant Oceanic Doll Structures
This ‘Sculpture By the Sea’ Piece is Made From Thousands of Barbies
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Lollipop Beaches
Lollipop Beaches
Daniel Buren Takes 100 Flagpoles and 100 Windsocks and Makes It Art
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Surreal Disintegrating Face Sculptures
Surreal Disintegrating Face Sculptures
The 'Bleeding' Sculpture is a Demonic Expression of Fear
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Abstract Beach Art
Abstract Beach Art
Sandcastle Matt Uses Found Objects to Create Avant Garde Sand Sculptures
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Webbed Beach Art
Webbed Beach Art
Oak Beach by NeSpoon Uses Doilies to Beautify the Oceanscape
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Epic Middle Earth Sandcastles
Epic Middle Earth Sandcastles
This Incredible Sandcastle Replica of Minas Tirith is Fantastical
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Morbid Whale Sculptures
Morbid Whale Sculptures
A Sculpture by Captain Boomer Simulates a Beached Whale
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Geometric Sand Castles
Geometric Sand Castles
Sculptor Calvin Seibert Creates Modern Beach Artworks
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Sandwritten Proposals
Sandwritten Proposals
Andres Amador Creates Huge Beach Mural to Help a Client Pop the Question
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Sprawling Sand Art
Sprawling Sand Art
Artist Tony Plant Paints Images by Way of Rakes and Granules
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Surreal Sand Sculptures
Surreal Sand Sculptures
Carl Jara Creates Unexpected Beach Artwork
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Nightmarish Sandcastles
Nightmarish Sandcastles
Sandlistaverk is Scary, Horrific, and Strange
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Sand Hotel
Sand Hotel
Actual Sandcastle Hotel, Also a PR Stunt
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Beach Art
Beach Art
10 Incredible Sand Sculptures
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