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These guys are just flying through the air and I’m capturing them in the split second and putting it into a work of art, via clay to the bronze.
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.
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.
Charity work is very important to me and gives me an opportunity to give back to my community. I’ve always been a big supporter of many different charities, have donated millions of dollars to them, and it just feels great to do and be able to help others, especially children.
I do everything. Of course, I have 50 people who work for me to do the drudgery of mold making and all the foundry. This is an enormous task. But every stroke in these sculptures is from my hands.
I was headed in the wrong direction. I didn’t think I’d make it to 21. My Uncle Chuck saved my life. He was a graphic designer, and he gave me my first sketchbook. In the front, he wrote, ‘Wear it like your underwear.’
I’m always looking for the next challenge.
I create for artistic intent only and do everything from life.
I don’t do commissions and I like the freedom to create what my heart or mind tells me to.
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.
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.
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.
There are very few people who do what I do.
At any one time, I’ll have 30 to 40 pieces going on in the studio, so this is not economically driven at all.
You have to make thousands and thousands of drawings before an illustration is perfected.
I never had a job. I bought my first house within a year of getting out of school, and I built a custom one four and a half years later. The Art Center didn’t teach much about business, but I learned a lot from the Fortune 500 companies that were my clients.
The greatest success is creating whatever you want without conditions. I don’t do commissions unless I really want to, because it’s like having a job.
