Environmental Artist Kirkos Draws a Crowd to Stone Steps Beach in Encinitas p style=text-align: center;img title=Kirkos meditation sand design New Year's Day in Leucadia at Stone Steps Beach src=http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/3/3/2/1/2/ar123085966121233.jpg height=300 alt=Kirkos meditation sand design New Year's Day in Leucadia at Stone Steps Beach width=400 //p pEnvironmental and internationally-known artist Kirkos (Kirk Van Allyn, a long-time Leucadia resident) is known for his elaborate designs in the sand along the Encinitas/Leucadia coastline, usually at Stone Steps Beach./p pa href=http://www.sdbackyard.com/index.php?page_id=1000amp;site_page_id=5amp;post_id=51395 title=Kirkos creates a meditation labyrinth at Stone Steps Beach in Leucadia New Year's Day target=_blankstrongToday's event /strong/awas especially interesting - a meditation labyrinth at the base of Stone Steps beach drew a large crowd on a misty, foggy, cool wintry New Year's Day. There was an article on-line announcing the creation in process encouraging folks to stops by and bring environmentally sensitive/biodegradable objects (eme.g., flowers/em) to add to the maze. Visitors also brought candles (hard to see in the photos) that will be removed before the tide washes the labyrinth away. We elected to stay up top to look, but you can enjoy the photos./p pstrongREAD MORE: a href=http://activerain.com/blogsview/748349/Art-Work-at-the-Beach-in-Encinitas-California-By-Man-and-By-Mother-Nature title=Art on the beach in Leucadia California - Jeff Dowler target=_blankArt on the Beach in Leucadia/a /strongfrom a previous, and less elaborate sand design several months ago./p pnbsp;/p pembed bgcolor=#ffffff type=application/x-shockwave-flash pluginspage=http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer src=http://www.realestateshows.com/show/player.swf allowfullscreen=true swliveconnect=true flashvars=flashshowid=362117amp;baseurl=http://www.realestateshows.com/amp;playmode=embed allowscriptaccess=sameDomain height=385 width=480/embed/p
