Started at Washington square 

We’ll it was worth it to get out in the sun today, knock off the rust, loosen the joints after a long winter. Happy to see my Washington square park family! Needless to say too windy for sand painting! #sandart #sandpainting #joemangrumopenairmuseumofephemeralart #joemangrum #toowindyforsandart

First painting of season at Washington Square Park

I’m started but very windy out hopefully it will hold   

Sand

When I make a sand painting I’m often thinking about the metaphors of each grain of sand. Each of the billions of grains representing a living organism and how that life makes up a whole living web of interconnected beings. Each color a vital individual spirit with a unique and often improvised path. Colors having …

Finished at aqua art fair “sandbox”

Finished at MoCA Miami

Finished at Moca Miami. Round 1

The blank floor at Moca Miami where I’m starting a painting

Thankful

Thankful for those in my life that recognize the value my work brings to the world. As we are all represented as a tiny grain of sand in that metaphor of the living universe, my work is about finding that balance, that level of freedom and individuality that all those colors can represent different cultures, …

Finished. Warm colors cold day Out in the cold today. Please check my @kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/joemangrum/process-into-permanence

Finished. Warm colors cold day Out in the cold today. Please check my @kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/joemangrum/process-into-permanence