Master Duo Sculptors

It takes two to...sand sculpt?

Some say it takes two to make a thing go right...and these artists totally believe it and practice it! These teams of two join forces as a duo to be reckoned with as they tackle the sand together to make their artistic vision come to life masterfully in the sand.

A couple holding on to each other smiles at the camera. They're standing on a boat wearing pirate headgear.

Seveline Beauregard and Joris Kivits

To Sèveline, art is unlimited world to express oneself. Every form of art offers a chance for self-discovery. As a child, she wanted to try everything: dancing, singing, drawing, painting, writing, and carving. Eight years ago, her father and sister invited her to work...

A couple in matching blue T-shirts gives the "rock on" symbol to the camera with their tongues out. They're standing on the beach in front of a sand sculpture.

Melineige Beauregard and Chris Guinto

"If you ain’t first, you're last." This has been the family mantra since granddaddy Guinto invented fire, and Chris continues to carry that torch to this day. Evident in his sculptures in which millions have made pilgrimages to witness, words like...

Selfie of a man and a women in beanies smiling at the camera while on the beach. Between them in the sand is a sculpture showing a man and a woman in a frame with bow detailing.

Paul Hoggard and Remy Hoggard

Paul (UK) found sand sculpture in 1991 on a beach in India, and Remy (from the Netherlands) came from European theme parks. In 2003, they met in a huge sand sculpture theme park in Belgium, and have been inseparable ever since. Together they run their company Sandartist Ltd,...

Two photos side by side. On the left is a man in a straw hat, and on the right is a woman with braids looking at the camera through the arch of a sand sculpture.

Christy Atkinson and Joaquin Cortez

Get ready to be amazed as this pair of friends team up for the first time at Texas SandFest! Christy enjoys making art in many different mediums. Sand is her favorite and Texas SandFest her favorite place to compete. Joaquin Corte is a lifelong visual artist from North...

A couple in hats stand in front of a sand sculpture and point, smiling, at the camera. The man is ont he left in an orange T-shirt and the woman is on the right in a white tank top and braids.

John Gowdy and Laura Cimador Gowdy

Laura Cimador Gowdy and John Gowdy have teamed up in the competitive world of professional sculpture since 2007. They have won many awards as a two-person team in world-class sand events in Texas SandFst, Cervia (Italy), and Fort Myers Beach (FL). In 2011, they won the nationally...