Genre
Myth & Legend
Richard MacDonald’s creative process involves working with traditional stories that observe some of life’s most overarching questions: human origins, supernatural events, and cultural traditions. In myth and legend, we find universe. The stories the Ancient Greeks told around the campfires millenniums ago still resonate with truth and emotion we recognize today. MacDonald has let his own artistry flourish to create a diverse body of works from ancient stories revealed through modern truths which speak the test of time and have an ongoing hold on our imagination that is without substantiation.
Diana Earth & Moon 2017
Aurora SI 2015
Diana and the Coursing Cheetahs 1996
A Gathering of Graces 2019
Diana the Huntress 2007
Genre
Myth & Legend
Richard MacDonald’s creative process involves working with traditional stories that observe some of life’s most overarching questions: human origins, supernatural events, and cultural traditions. In myth and legend, we find universe. The stories the Ancient Greeks told around the campfires millenniums ago still resonate with truth and emotion we recognize today. MacDonald has let his own artistry flourish to create a diverse body of works from ancient stories revealed through modern truths which speak the test of time and have an ongoing hold on our imagination that is without substantiation.
The Artist's Touch
Richard MacDonald’s method of working by directly observing a living model is becoming increasingly rare amongst artists of our time. Developing the sensitivity and facility to watch a person in motion and capture anatomy, movement, mood, and personality in clay is an extraordinarily complex and demanding task, yet the quality of the work speaks to the vitality, energy, and power made possible by this experience.