He recreates these mathematical drawings in the snow with just a compass and his own feet, often starting in the center and counting his paces from there.Īt Maryland Creek Park, Beck was in the process of creating a work based on the Sierpiński triangle, a fractal triangle that consisting of other triangles of varying sizes.īeck knows this pattern well. "I find a circular drawing that fits on an A4 sheet takes up to one day to make if one millimeter is one step," he said. It also helps him gauge how long the work will take. He said this is a "very rough guideline" that often works out well in practice. To create them, Beck starts typically with a drawing on A4 paper, the standard size of paper. "And maybe they'll be a little bit more environmentally friendly in their behavior and their attitude." Stephanie Wolf/CPR News Beck creates his massive snow drawings by walking out the patterns in snowshoes. "I hope they'll get an appreciation of the beauty of the mountains and the beauty of snow, that it's something worth preserving," he said. He hopes the snow drawings he's left around the world send a message to those who see it. "I regard myself of being highly privileged to get paid to do something I actually quite like doing." "I got people offering to give me gear and then people started offering me money and then started to fly me around the world," Beck said. Beck's fractal snow etches "starting attracting a lot of attention." And several years after the first drawing, things took off. Yet Beck ended up being quite pleased with how the snow drawing turned out. "I just made a pattern in the snow for a bit of a laugh one day," he said. artist created his first snow design in 2004. 3, 2019.īeck insists that what he does "certainly is an art form," blended with a heavy dose of geometry. Stephanie Wolf/CPR News Snow artist Simon Beck straps on his boots as he prepares to work on a snow drawing at Maryland Creek Park in Silverthorne on Jan. In addition to Beck's art, this month features avalanche beacon training, snow science activities for kids, snowman building and sledding. He'll return later in the day he decides, shortly before the start of the town's monthly First Friday event. "It's gradually making my drawing disappear, but one does the best one can with the conditions God gives you," he said.
Unfortunately, the weather wasn't cooperating Friday morning.įrom inside a small building on the edge of Silverthorne's new Maryland Creek Park, he watched with dread as the wind picked up outside, blowing snow around. Using his snowshoes, Beck will pace out five to 15 fractal snow designs, depending on the weather.
This is the first time he's created his snow art in Colorado. Snow-covered landscapes around Silverthorne will become canvases for internationally recognized snow artist Simon Beck in the next few weeks.
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