An artist has created an incredible 100ft sketch of Greta Thunberg on a beach – using two rakes. <br /><br />Sean Corcoran, 52, spent three hours making the sand art - based on an iconic portrait of the Swedish activist - before the tide came in and washed it away.<br /><br />He used two rakes and a horse-riding lunge stick to create the massive portrait which stretched 100ftx60ft across the beach at Copper Coast Geopark in Waterford, Ireland.<br /><br />Environmental artist Sean said: "My drawing is based on an iconic portrait of Greta by photographer, Michael Campanella. <br /><br />“I created a digital version of the picture first on my phone from a black and white photo of the portrait.<br /><br />"I positioned the sand art against a concrete wall at the base of a cliff. <br /><br />“I made up a grid before I started creating it on the sand, it was like paint by numbers.<br /><br />"It’s actually an anamorphic drawing that only makes sense from a precise vantage point on the cliff from where I took photographs and a time lapse.<br /><br />“I did it with just two rakes and a horse riding lunge stick and it took me about three hours.<br /><br />“Normally people don’t see my artwork because it gets washed away but people on the beach could see what I was doing which is what I wanted.<br /><br />“People think it will be sorrowful when the tide washes it away but it actually feels very uplifting.<br /><br />“I stayed until about 6pm to see the tide wash it away and it feels like giving back to nature – it’s a mindful experience.”<br /><br />Dad-of-two Sean hopes Greta will see the pictures and said the art had created a divide between people who love and loath her. <br /><br />He added: “I do hope Greta sees the picture.<br /><br />“People either love her or hate her, but either way she saying what needs to be said at the moment and her age makes it all the more poignant.<br /><br />“I have had really positive and really negative reactions to it, there is a big divide about Greta and what she is doing.<br /><br />“But I think that’s a positive thing because at least conversations are being had.<br /><br />“In the portrait she is pushed right up against the rock, which I think represents where Greta is – between a rock and a hard place.<br /><br />“Love her or loathe her Greta Thunberg is at the centre of the climate crisis debate. <br /><br />"In my opinion her bravery and persistence is admirable. <br /><br />"Her outcry’s have certainly encouraged so many others to stand up and be counted. <br /><br />"That for me is worthy of applause and the reason I decided to create this portrait of her."
