Clearly Beautiful
A Sculptors Vision
By Linda Cordair
W
hy is it that we respond
to certain styles of art
more than to other
styles? What does it say
about us individually,
and what does it say about the
artist, when a particular work of an
artist resonates with our soul, while
the work of another artist may leave
us cold and unmoved?
Lodestone
As a gallery owner, I spend every day
surrounded by the beauty created by
artists who share an especially
joyous and passionate sense of life.
We asked Michael Wilkinson, one of
our most popular sculptors, to share
his thoughts on Art, on why Art is
important to him, and on why he
creates artwork that he does, the
way he does.
Linda: Michael, thanks for taking
time out from your sculpting to
answer our questions today.
Michael: Very much my pleasure,
Linda.
Linda: Firstly, as the pre-eminent
figurative sculptor working in
clear acrylic, why did you choose
to become an artist? Why Art,
as a profession?
Michael: Art has always moved my
soul. Whether it is the heroic
grandeur of Michelangelo’s David,
the l ove of a man for a woman as
in Rodin’s The Eternal Idol, or the
radiant world depicted in the
sparkling drawings of Frank Lloyd
Wright, art has always affirmed and
fueled my deepest beliefs about
the beauty of life.
Moonscape II, Aria
Linda: Can you tell us why have you
chosen to work in the particular
style that you do, focusing on
beauty as you do?
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Dream Symmetries