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Indian
sand sculptor wins three medals in US
Monday, September 27, 2010 01:01:02 PM,
IANS
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Sand artist Sudarsan
Pattnaik poses in front of his winning sand sculpture, Global
Warming, at the international sand sculpture festival, Sandsation,
in Berlin
(File Photo:
Dailymail.co.uk) |
Washington:
Noted Indian sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has won three medals in
the North American sand sculpting competition at Virginia Beach as
part of the Neptune Festival 2010 celebrating its 37th
anniversary.
Pattnaik, one of 11 professional sculptors to take part in the
largest competition of its kind in the US, won medals for
Neptune's Choice, Sculptor's Choice and fifth place in the solo
championship at Virginia Beach, about 200 miles from here, on the
east coast.
Pattnaik, the first sand artist from India to win this
championship in US, created a sand sculpture of Neptune giving the
message 'Save The Sea from Oil Spill'. He was presented the medals
Saturday in a grand prize distribution ceremony by 'King of
Neptune' Bruce L. Thompson.
An elated Pattnaik said: "I am very happy to have won three medals
for India in a championship in solo category. This is the first
time I have won three medals in a single championship".
He has participated in more than 40 sand sculpture championships
around the world and won many prizes. He is also running a school
to teach sand sculpting in Orissa.
This year the sand sculpting competition on the Virginia Beach
Oceanfront was a special feature of the Neptune Festival started
by the Virginia Beach Chamber of Commerce to highlight the
heritage of the beach.
The 32 blocks of boardwalks catering to the Neptune Festival 2010
also offered number of concerts along with arts and crafts
exhibitions and an extravagant fireworks display. Keeping in view
the popularity of the Neptune Festival, it is ranked among the top
100 festivals on the East Coast.
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