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Marc Treanor (19 June 1963 – 2 July 2020) was a
sand artist Sand art is the practice of modelling sand into an artistic form, such as sand brushing, sand sculpting, sand painting, or creating sand bottles. A sandcastle is a type of sand sculpture resembling a miniature building, often a castle. The dr ...
living in Dinas, Pembrokeshire. He was notable for creating intricate patterns on beaches in Cornwall and later in
Pembrokeshire, Wales Pembrokeshire ( ; cy, Sir Benfro ) is a county in the south-west of Wales. It is bordered by Carmarthenshire to the east, Ceredigion to the northeast, and the rest by sea. The county is home to Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. The Park occ ...
. Treanor was well known in the county.


Methodology

Treanor produced his sand murals by sketching designs on paper before using a rake to recreate the design on a beach. The work would then remain on the beach until washed away by the tide. As a result of their innately fleeting nature and circular forms, Treanor's sand murals have been compared to
crop circle A crop circle, crop formation, or corn circle is a pattern created by flattening a crop, usually a cereal. The term was first coined in the early 1980s by Colin Andrews. Crop circles have been described as all falling "within the range of the ...
s.


Personal life

Marc had a son and a daughter and had begun doing sand art to entertain them at the beach. This turned in to a career once he moved to Wales, working with a variety of organisations and charities throughout Wales.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Treanor, Marc 21st-century British artists Sand art 1963 births 2020 deaths