US
Cape Canaveral, FL
Buddha
Lido Beach, FL
El Nino
Cape Canaveral, FL
Rocket Boy (Detail)
Cape Canaveral, FL
Rocket Boy
Cape Canaveral, FL
Angel
North Lido Beach, FL
House on Fire
Dania Beach, FL
Turtle Island
Dania Beach, FL
Talking Beach
South Lido Beach, FL
Earth Boy
North Lido Beach, FL
Birth
South Beach, FL
Birth
South Beach, FL
Mom
Sarasota, FL
Mom
Sarasota, FL
Spiral Eddy
Sarasota, FL
El Nino
400' x 97'
Jetty Park,
Cape Canaveral, FL
Calusa
10 Acres
sand, shells,
indigenous materials
Buddha
240' x 60'
North Lido Beach,
Sarasota, FL
Family
250' x 75'
Jetty Park,
Cape Canaveral, FL
Freedom
220' x 180'
North Lido Beach,
Sarasota, FL
Home
4.5 Acres
John Llyod State Park,
Dania, FL
Ocean Muse
300' x 80'
Jetty Park,
Cape Canaveral, FL
Talking Beach
130' x 150'
South Lido Beach,
Sarasota, FL

For the last twenty years, I have been creating large-scale earthworks I call "Sky Messages." The sculptures are created on various beach sites using indigenous materials...sand, seaweed, shells, driftwood and beach debris. The sky messages are then photographed from a helicopter. The aerial documentation is used for display in galleries and museum installations.

The earthworks range in size from one acre to ten acres.

—Todd Brittingham