Beach art of Lowry promotes exhibition of rarely seen sketch

AN artist has created a striking sand art piece of LS Lowry.

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Northumberland-based sand artist Claire Eason created a large-scale artwork on Spittal Beach - the very landscape that inspired Lowry.

The piece depicts Lowry working at his easel, drawn directly into the sand across an 80ft by 20ft stretch of beach.

Beginning at low tide on the morning of February 21, Claire and a team of volunteer artists created the artwork using garden rakes before it was gradually washed away by the incoming tide.