Spent the day up island at Parksville. Beautiful place. Beautiful weather. The reason we went up was to meet a friend and see the 2006 Canadian Open Sand Sculpture Championship. He’s a sample of the art:

Mean Look

The event is suffering under its own success. It is over-sponsored and caged in behind a yellow taped area. Despite the major corporate brands all over the place, including on the sculptures themselves, they still charge an admission “by donation.”

These sculptures should be on the beach, but I’m sure there are lots of good reasons why they are in the park next to the beach.

Nonetheless, the sculptures were pretty cool, with notable cheesy exceptions. One sculpture depicts a cat of some sort and a naked woman in analagous poses. Can anyone say black velvet painting?