We’ve all drawn pictures in the sand with a stick, but being able to make a living out of it? Surely that’s asking too much? ‘Ha, ha! It’s not been easy, I’ll admit,’ reflects retired GP Claire Eason, who runs Cloud Dancer Photography, ‘but the beach is my office now, so I’m very happy.’ Using her trusty garden rake, Claire creates evocative pictures in the sand – a girl on a swing, seals’ faces, bare feet, a whale’s tail – then photographs them with her drone camera before the tide returns to reclaim the beach, thus capturing a unique and fleeting piece of art. ‘My sand drawings can be pet portraits, for anniversary or wedding celebrations, or business logos, but they don’t damage the environment, that’s the beauty of it,’…
