Before I began to exhibit and sell my bronze sculpture art to collectors, I created pieces as a hobby.
I was fortunate that Frank Eliscu, an American sculptor who is famous for designing and sculpting the Heisman Memorial Football Trophy in 1935, was a friend.
Frank won a $50 prize from the New York Athletic Club when he was a 20-year old student at Pratt University when his sculpture design for the trophy was selected.
Frank Eliscu took me on as a student and provided lessons and tutoring in various sculpting methods. I learned various techniques to portray movement in sculpture art.
Frank taught me to look at a figure and infuse it with movement, even though the resulting piece would obviously be a static bronze piece. I studied anatomy, which comes in very handy as a sculpture artist. I learned to recognize how the slightest turn of the head or muscle movements, such as the tilt of a head or hand, impacted the entire body. When a dancer’s leg moves, for example, her hip also moves, and the motion impacts the entire figure. I became an expert at sculpting works that reflected this movement in the resulting fine artwork.
For example, each movement of the dancer portrayed in the pictured piece, “Toe to the Bar” impacts the rest of the body. The outstretched leg results in a certain motion in the neck, head and back. The arms reach out at an accurate angle to reflect the dancer’s stretching arms.
This sculpture’s dimensions are 30″H x 16″W x 18″D.
This bronze sculpture, and other pieces featured on my site, are available for purchase. Contact me to discuss ordering or visit one of my affiliated galleries.
Take a look at this piece in 3D:
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