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A few examples of previous
commissions of sculpture portraits or busts |
Commission your friend, mentor or family member's bust
today!
It's affordable, and rewarding for both the subject and the
commissioning person...
Commission me today and I'll
be on my way as soon as we have worked out a mutually agreed date for the first
sitting! For Working methods,
click here.
Price for a lifesize portrait or bust will include original artwork and casting.
Does
not include travel expenses (which may be minimal depending on where I am), the
base of the sculpture (can be slate, marble, wood, or bronze to suit the
sculpture) or costs of shipping the bronze to you when cast.
In addition to
the bronze, you may also decide to purchase the original clay fired into terra
cotta.
(See example of
terra cotta here)
I find that many people have what the French call
"déformation professionelle" (which doesn't really translate into
English at all but conveys the idea that a person's viewpoint is coloured by
their professional experience. It means a chiropractor has a tendency to look
at people's postures, a house painter to look at cracks or peels wherever he
goes, etc). Wherever I go around the world, there are faces, and the longer I
look at any one of them - old or young, I see exciting forms and shape, whether
it's Isaac Hayes (below) or the man or woman in the street.
Old houses
around the world are graced by sculptures of our forefathers created by
sculptors in the past. I feel strongly that people today should continue to
commission sculpture portraits so enduring records are kept for yet future
generations. One of my "goals" in life is to pull this particular form of the
art from its dusty old wraps and give it a contemporary feel, doing my bit to
raise it back into the awareness of our current culture, just as "Riverdance"
propelled traditional Irish music and Irish dance back into the limelight.
Click on any thumbnail or group of thumbnails below to see a larger format
picture and details of my working methods, etc. I'm always interested in
bartering or trade - and I travel literally all over the world for
commissions!!!