Genre
Dance
To dance is to smile. Our bodies express our emotions and our experiences in everything we do but never more clearly is the body expressing joy than through dance. For Richard MacDonald there is a magical energy to the beat of a drum–it makes us move. This genre is close to the artist’s heart because dance is an innate and universal human expression.
Capeo Flamenco 2002
Carnaval 2016
Dance to Paradiso, Column 2016
Sisters 2006
Dance the Dream 2006
Genre
Dance
To dance is to smile. Our bodies express our emotions and our experiences in everything we do but never more clearly is the body expressing joy than through dance. For Richard MacDonald there is a magical energy to the beat of a drum–it makes us move. This genre is close to the artist’s heart because dance is an innate and universal human expression.
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.