Dan Belcher lives in his home town of St. Louis, Missouri.  He received his Bachelor of Landscape Architecture from Kansas State University in 1992.

Since his first professional sand sculpture project in 1990, Dan has had the privilege of working with, and competing against, most of the top sculptors in the profession, while creating numerous projects throughout North America, Australia, Japan, Italy and the Middle East.  

Since 1994 he has worked with his teammates to win:

Team World Championships- 9 with Sandscapes
 Doubles World Championship- 2006 with Kevin Crawford

and

Solo World Championships- 2007, 2006 & 2005

After winning a record 3 in-a-row Solo World Championships, Dan joined 4 coworkers from around the World to form a new team "The Pyledriverz".  They finished 2nd in a field of strong competition and won the coveted "Mark Altamare Memorial Trophy" for the "People's Choice Award."

When not keeping a busy schedule working professional sand sculpture projects and contests, Dan is also an Urban Designer/ Illustrator in downtown St. Louis.