Artist Information:
Guy Rushton
Malmesbury,
United Kingdom
Member Since: Sep 2009
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Artist Statement:
Working Statement
Art is about humanity. It is
about our emotions and how we
respond to the world we are
in. Figurative art has the
power to convey emotion in a
way that abstraction does not
because we have learned the
language of the human body and
how it displays emotion from
the very earliest moments of
our lives.
To be effective a sculpture
must live and move;
stylization can help this.
Simplification of the line and
form of the figure does not
invalidate its ability to
communicate. It can enhance it
by removing the artists idea
of the particular, the
original, and letting the
observer find their own
resemblances – allowing them
to identify with it. My
current style, with the
tapering body shape and
exaggerated hands and feet
arose from experience drawing
in public, seated on the
ground. I realized that I
shared the viewpoint of a
small child and I think this
subconscious memory encourages
people to feel positively
about these images.
My most recent work has been
divided between experiments in
life-like portraiture, which
is challenging in the sense of
capturing the spirit of the
sitter as well as a mechanical
likeness, and simplified,
almost caricature ...
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Guy Rushton's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Guy Rushton's Portfolio.
Working Statement
Art is about humanity. It is about our emotions and how we respond to the world we are in. Figurative art has the power to convey emotion in a way that abstraction does not because we have learned the language of the human body and how it displays emotion from the very earliest moments of our lives.
To be effective a sculpture must live and move; stylization can help this. Simplification of the line and form of the figure does not invalidate its ability to communicate. It can enhance it by removing the artists idea of the particular, the original, and letting the observer find their own resemblances – allowing them to identify with it. My current style, with the tapering body shape and exaggerated hands and feet arose from experience drawing in public, seated on the ground. I realized that I shared the viewpoint of a small child and I think this subconscious memory encourages people to feel positively about these images.
My most recent work has been divided between experiments in life-like portraiture, which is challenging in the sense of capturing the spirit of the sitter as well as a mechanical likeness, and simplified, almost caricature ... |
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Jack Russell, 2011
Ceramic Sculpture,
8 x 10 X 10 inches
Not for Sale
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Bede, 2009
Ceramic Sculpture,
10 x 22 X 14 inches
Not for Sale
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