Sun & Moon
Cape Canaveral, FL 2011
180 ft. x 180 ft
US
Cape Canaveral, FL 1999
"CALUSA" Detail
Galt Island, FL 1993
US
Cape Canaveral, FL 1999
Rocket Boy (Detail)
Cape Canaveral, FL 1997
Rocket Boy
Cape Canaveral, FL 1997
Angel
North Lido Beach, FL 1988
House on Fire
Dania Beach, FL 1996
Turtle Island
Galt Island, FL 1993
Turtle Island
Galt Island, FL 1993
Earth Boy
North Lido Beach, FL 1991
Ghost
South Beach, FL 1995
Ghost
South Beach, FL 1995
Mom
Sarasota, FL 1992
Mom
Sarasota, FL 1992
Sleeping Snake
Sarasota, FL 2006
El Nino
400' x 97'
Jetty Park,
Cape Canaveral, FL 1998
Calusa
10 Acres
sand, shells,
indigenous materials 1993
Buddha
240' x 60'
North Lido Beach,
Sarasota, FL 2001
Family
250' x 75'
Jetty Park,
Cape Canaveral, FL 2003
Freedom
220' x 180'
North Lido Beach,
Sarasota, FL 2002
Home
4.5 Acres
John Llyod State Park,
Dania, FL 1996
Ocean Muse
300' x 80'
Jetty Park,
Cape Canaveral, FL 2004
Talking Beach
130' x 150'
South Lido Beach,
Sarasota, FL 2007

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