Eco-friendly Environmental Sand Artist Brian Pike is in a class of his own having developed his own unique method of producing permanent sand pictures using natural coloured sands as his paints, recycled birds feathers as his brushes and masking card/plywood offcuts as his canvasses upon which he composes permanent sand paintings thereby creating truly memorable and collectable works of art.

He has also created unfixed sand pictures on the inside of recycled glass bottles and jars, held in place by merely tightly compressing the contents inside the bottles having been inspired by Andrew Clemens, a deaf-mute who lived in Mcgregor, Iowa later in the 18th century and produced unsurpassed work of the finest calibre and thanks to the internet now enjoying a far wider audience.link text link text

To encourage others to follow Brian's lead, he has written DIY sand painting and sand jar magazine articles for 'The Craftsman', 'The Artist', 'Pins and Needles', 'Family Circle',

'Women and Home' and many others, also supplying natural coloured sand kits for readers to try for themselves.He also showcased his work on the local BBC and ITV channels and a live broadcast spot on "Pebble Mill at One" and appeared on two episodes of the childrens ITV progamme "HOW".

During filming for a television programme in October 2010 Brian was shown collecting coloured sands from Alum Bay on the Isle of Wight before moving on to work on a sand painting in King Charles 1’s bedchamber at Carisbrooke Castle where the King was being held following his defeat by the Roundheads under Oliver Cromwell in the English civil war and having been found guilty of treason was awaiting his execution in Whitehall, London on 30th January 1649.