Snow Drawings, Colorado 2009

These drawings were created with snowshoes in the Colorado Rocky Mountains (near Aspen) in February, March and the beginning of April. While some of them lasted for several days and changed / disappeared slowly through the influence of sun, wind and new snow, others only lasted for several hours, as new snowfall covered them, or the strong April sun consumed them rapidly.

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Big Circle was also recorded on video (its creation process). It took 20 minutes to complete

Snakes, playing with the low angle of the morning sun, which creates contrast and makes the imprints appear dark from one side and bright white form the other side

Large Circles

Large Circles later in the day, with different light

Double Spiral got finished just in time before the sun set

Whirls, someone didn’t like them and destroyed them right after they were finished by walking right through them. Luckily I had already taken all my photos

Whirls, details

4-circles

8-circles was created during a very sunny day and parts of it faded away (due to melting) while I was still working on the piece

8-circles, details

a detail of 6-circles in the foreground and 8-circles on the slope in the background

6-circles, details

Braids

Oval was created when I was on my way to the swimming pool. It was intended to be just a small piece, but it turned out bigger and it’s one of my most favorite

Golf Course Field