Jim Denevan: Sculpture In The Sand



What makes art and one an artist? Jim Denevan makes freehand drawings in the sand, sometimes laboring for 7 hours and walking as many as 30 miles; all to accomplish what to him feels like a great sense of composure, meditation and relaxation.

The pure exhilaration of his work is often unseen to the naked eye from flat land, but from above the sky, it is an isolated phenomenon of beauty. Denevan views his works of art as sheer satisfaction, but yet to an audience lack definition. Denevan’s tools are unconventional, a broken stick or piece of wood, a rake and no measuring tools. His canvas is nature, an open stretch of beach or desert. His inspiration is his heart and mind.

To Denevan, a chef from California, there is an inherent respect for nature. Whether hosting a dinner of making a piece of art Jim believes that “For a time these tangible specific places exist in the indeterminate environment” and after some time, his motions, that are art, are erased when nature sweeps in a wave from the ocean or wind, and leaves no trace or impact to the environment.

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