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Richard MacDonald
American
Sculptor
Born:
1946
Art
Life
Me
People
Work
You
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I'm always looking for the next challenge.
Richard MacDonald
Challenge
Looking
Always
Next
I create for artistic intent only and do everything from life.
Richard MacDonald
Life
Everything
Only
Artistic
Intent
Create
I use zero photography. I have a photographic memory and a complete knowledge of anatomy and physiology, and an interest in grasping the moment of what is happening, not just the outside, but the inside out.
Richard MacDonald
Knowledge
Photography
Memory
Complete
Anatomy
Out
Photographic
Inside
Inside-Out
Physiology
Outside
Just
Happening
Interest
Use
Moment
Grasping
Zero
I've had over a dozen models come in and pose fro me live for these new Cirque pieces. Cirque is a world-wide phenomenon and they are just incredible athletes. I've been to all the performances and am really fascinated by all of their productions.
Richard MacDonald
Me
Live
World-Wide
Incredible
Athletes
Had
Performance
Over
New
Come
Pieces
Am
Been
Models
Just
Really
Productions
Fascinated
Dozen
Phenomenon
Pose
At any one time, I'll have 30 to 40 pieces going on in the studio, so this is not economically driven at all.
Richard MacDonald
Time
One Time
Driven
Studio
Economically
Pieces
Any
Going
There is a connection between me and the collectors, and as admirers of the work they tell me about the differences the pieces are able to make in their lives on a daily basis.
Richard MacDonald
Work
Daily
Me
Differences
Tell
Collectors
Able
Admirers
About
Between
Pieces
Make
Connection
Daily Basis
Lives
Basis
I'm also interested in creating a lasting legacy for collectors because bronze will last for thousands of years so I'm not really selling the art to this particular collector but it is being passed on.
Richard MacDonald
Art
Will
Lasting
Bronze
Thousands
Collector
Thousands Of Years
Collectors
Particular
Also
Because
Passed
Years
Selling
Legacy
Being
Interested
Really
Creating
Last
I was tired of illustration. You'd work so hard on a commission and it would go in to a magazine, and you'd turn the page and it was gone.
Richard MacDonald
Work
Tired
You
Gone
Illustration
Would
Magazine
Go
Commission
Turn
Page
Hard
Sculpture will last a lot longer than painting.
Richard MacDonald
Will
Painting
Longer
Lot
Than
Sculpture
Last
I cannot tell you how many people, powerful people, come to my studio and they are in tears they are so moved by what they see.
Richard MacDonald
You
People
Tears
Tell
See
Studio
Powerful
Powerful People
Come
How
How Many People
Moved
Cannot
Many
My goal is to make fine art, and fine art comes from the soul. If you have virtuosity and facility, you can take and create something of significance.
Richard MacDonald
Art
You
Soul
Significance
Fine
Fine Art
Something
Facility
Take
Make
Goal
Create
I can actually feel the interior body of a dancer. I have the ability to capture a split second... I want you to be hit with whatever the essence is of this sculpture.
Richard MacDonald
You
Interior
Whatever
Dancer
Ability
Split
Feel
Hit
Essence
Want
Body
Sculpture
Capture
Actually
Second
I'm a classically trained painter, and I was an illustrator in New York working with Fortune 500s companies as well as the NBA and the Olympics. I first got into sculpting when I created a sculpture based on a painting I had done for the 1984 Olympics.
Richard MacDonald
First
Painting
Had
New
Well
Got
Trained
York
Done
New York
Created
Sculpting
Working
Sculpture
Fortune
Companies
Painter
NBA
Based
Illustrator
Olympics
I am only limited by the amount of life I have left to capture the ideas I am already working on. Another problem is that I am not sure if I would rather create or collect art. Collecting art is another passion of mine.
Richard MacDonald
Life
Art
Problem
Passion
Mine
Collect
Collecting
Would
Rather
Only
Ideas
Another
Sure
Limited
Am
Left
Create
Working
Capture
Amount
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