Creating superior quality bronze sculptures
John Schneider enjoys a wide variety of work, such as sculpting, mold-making, restoration, painting, animatronics, special effects, welding, machining, rig building, set building, fly rigs, etc. He has sculptures at Whistle Stop Park in Byron Center, Michigan, and Lamoreaux Park in Sparta, Michigan. He also has interactive children's displays at Lena Meijer Children's Garden (inside Frederick Meijer Gardens) in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He has … read more...
In 2007 Matt Large relocated to Grand Rapids, Michigan from Wilmington, Delaware, where he spent the better part of a decade apprenticing and working hand-in-hand with former President of the National Sculpture Society, Charles Cropper Parks (now retired). Here’s a photo of Mr. Parks working on a figure that Matt Large posed for. In addition to developing a respect and love for classical figurative sculpture through his relationship with Mr. … read more...
Ruth Gee's personal commitment in art is based on the Bible verse: “Finally, Brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think on these things.” Philippians 4:8 Ruth was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota of Scandinavian parents. Her family moved to Bolivia, South America as missionaries when … read more...
Tony began sculpting while still a child, soaking up his knowledge of the arts from his father, EvAngelos Frudakis, a sculptor, and his mother, Virginia, a painter. Tony was born in Bellows Falls, Vermont in 1953, but soon after the family moved to southern New Jersey. When Tony was graduated from high school he discovered his love of sculpting at Duke University. After a year at the university, Tony returned home where he worked as an … read more...
"When I am sculpting, time stands still. I'm totally involved. All my emotions are put into it," she said. "If I have a vision, I want to carry it through to completion." Some days she will work as many as 10 hours straight. "It's a very solitary thing," said Suzanne. She studied sculpting in Paris and the Loire Valley of France, as well as in Montreal, Canada. She gathered inspiration after visiting the studios of world famous sculptors, David … read more...
Jane Bunge's bronze figurative sculptures powerfully capture the human condition as experienced in the everyday moments of life, as well as in times of the most difficult global challenges -- war, starvation, man's inhumanity to man. This American Sculptor takes her place in the cultural renaissance now sweeping the country. She creates original art work that calls for peace and economic justice, even as it explores universal experiences on an … read more...
"If, on my last day on Earth, I will know that I have added a link to the human chain of knowledge, then I will have achieved my life’s work." -Omri Amrany Omri Amrany is an Israeli-American best known as a sculptor and painter, though also accomplished as an architectural innovator and wall tapestry designer. Self-taught, he taps into such movements as surrealism for inspiration but eludes being categorized, inventing his own terminology … read more...
