He says that people gather round to watch him create sand sculptures on
the beach at Puti. Encouraged by the interest of passers-by, Pattnaik
would go to the beach everyday for three hours each morning and evening
He has since won prizes at international sand sculpture festivals around the world.
His works are mostly based on current world issues, ranging from climate change to world peace.
“For last two years, everywhere I heard about the issues of global warming and climate change, so I started working on these issues,” he said. 
He has produced several sand sculptures of US President Barack Obama. On November 2, 2008, he made a sand sculpture of US presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama. 
November 5, 2008: Sudarsan Patnaik created a sand sculpture congratulating President-elect Obama on his election victory. 
This has been sent by Udoy Banerjee of North Point.
I am seeing these sculptures for the first time although my wife says she had seen them in the Sanmarg earlier.
They look beautiful.
How does he keep the sand formation?
Sand has a tendency to roll down when a mound is made of it or does he mix some clay and water.?
How does it remain there for long periods for pictures to be taken without being blown away?
These are some questions which come to mind.
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