Richard MacDonald is a contemporary figurative sculptor who has spent over fifty years creating—seeking to capture every facet of the human experience through his work.
EXPERIENCE
Experience art in a new way
You’re invited to experience art in a new way. Be moved by emotion, explore your identity through archetypes, and reconnect with your humanity by the breadth of time and materials.
Origins 2012
You’re invited to experience art in a new way. Be moved by emotion, explore you’re identity through archetypes, and reconnect with your humanity by the breadth of time and materials.
Perhaps the most direct way to explore the collection is through the category named for the emotion it evokes. Love or Loss, or Hope and Courage—these labels go straight to the heart of what the sculptor had in mind as he created works that give artistic substance to the unfathomable depths of human emotion.
Genre is the term that covers the overarching subject matter or core themes that form a “family” of works that have been created over time. These subject titles are descriptive and self-evident in the case of “Ballet” or “Mime” or “Mythology but take on a more nuanced character under the heading of “Joie De Vivre”. A particular lifelong interest might spark immediate curiosity about a genre: it is one way to approach the complexity of an array of work that springs from a lifetime of experience.
Genre is the term that covers the overarching subject matter or core themes that form a “family” of works that have been created over time. These subject titles are descriptive and self-evident in the case of “Ballet” or “Mime” or “Mythology but take on a more nuanced character under the heading of “Joie De Vivre”. A particular lifelong interest might spark immediate curiosity about a genre: it is one way to approach the complexity of an array of work that springs from a lifetime of experience.
Another way to approach the subject is through “medium”: what material form does this artwork take? Is it a painting, a drawing, or a sculpture? Most artists will experiment with different mediums over the course of their lives, but relatively few range from two to three-dimensional forms with equal facility and expressive capacity. Richard MacDonald has beautiful examples of work in a wide range of mediums, and this makes an interesting study of his character as an artist.
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Connect to the Breadth of Work
Another way to approach the subject is through “medium”: what material form does this artwork take? Is it a painting, a drawing, or a sculpture? Most artists will experiment with different mediums over the course of their lives, but relatively few range from two to three-dimensional forms with equal facility and expressive capacity. Richard MacDonald has beautiful examples of work in a wide range of mediums, and this makes an interesting study of his character as an artist.
Richard MacDonald’s method of working by directly observing a living model is becoming increasingly rare amongst artists of our time. Developing the sensitivity and facility to watch a person in motion and capture anatomy, movement, mood, and personality in clay is an extraordinarily complex and demanding task, yet the quality of the work speaks to the vitality, energy, and power made possible by this experience.
Behind the Scenes
MISSION
Committed to making a difference to mankind.
Richard MacDonald Studio is committed to making a difference to mankind by passionately creating works of art of cultural and historical significance that dramatically enrich people’s lives.