Heather Woodworth is a second-generation sand sculptor from Leander, Texas. A graduate of The University of Texas with a degree in Studio Art, she entered her first competition in 2001 at the age of seven. From there, she went on to place 1st and 2nd place in various youth...
Marie-Line Gagné is an artist fueled by boundless creativity and a love for the whimsical wonders of nature. Since 2017, she's been carving her path, quite literally, in ice, snow, wood, and sand, transforming dirty logs, frozen landscapes, and sandy beach...
Lucinda "Sandy Feet” Wierenga has won a modest amount of international fame with her sandsculpting skills, carving at major contests and festivals world over since 1987. She has taught generations of Texans how to build a better sandcastle—and has reached...
Emerson is a painter and sand sculptor from west Michigan. He now lives in Galveston, Texas where he runs the Galveston branch of Sandy Feet Sand Castle Services. Emerson has been giving sandcastle lessons and creating sand sculptures for events and competitions for many years...
Bruce Peck was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. It only took one year of studying architecture to scare him far, far away from the arts, into a lifelong career as a CPA. That career took him all over the U.S. and Canada and kept the left side of his brain on...
Amazin' Walter has competed at almost every Texas SandFest. He has competed as a solo and with several different partners—mostly with his daughter, Christy. Together, they have won nine awards at Texas Sand Fest. At 82, he is the oldest sand sculptor in...
New Hampshire native and Marine Corp veteran Greg J. Grady is a self-taught artist and a second-generation sand sculptor. What started as a hobby on summer vacations as a young child had turned into following in the footsteps of his father. G2 spent much of his youth on the...
Andy Hancock, or Sandcastle Andy, is a professional sand sculptor and chainsaw sculptor.