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Richard MacDonald

Richard MacDonald (Born 1946) is active/lives in California.  Richard MacDonald is known for Figurative bronze sculpture, monuments, painting, illustration.

Richard MacDonald creates bronze sculptures, which show the power, grace and beauty of athletes, ballerinas, mimes and nymphs.

Born in California, MacDonald was enrolled as a painter at Art Center School of Design in Pasadena, where he developed his penchant for the human form. The use of athletic musculature underneath skin and clothes earned a name as an accomplished illustrator; his placements are in the NFL and NBA Halls of Fame and the National Art Museum of Sport.

From the two-dimensional surface of the drawing board to the three-dimensional, kinetic feel of clay, the artist evolved. Exploring the same musculature, now in three dimensions, that he used in his two dimensional works. He found them taking on an almost weightless feel. Once translated into bronze these works took on a dimension even he didn't expect, permanence.

MacDonald recently gained recognition for sculpting Flair Across America, a monumental 26-foot tall bronze installed in Centen   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 5046 characters.]  Artist bio

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