Wednesday, October 15, 2008

The spirit of Michelangelo alive in the Diablo Valley

Carving this thirty six inches high piece of earth colored lime stone was inspired by my mother soft face.
I was in my twenties, artist, making my living from my sculpture, trying to keep alive the spirit of the Italian Renaissance Stone Carvers.
Finding inspiration by hiking Briones State park in Lafayette, Pleasant Hill trail, Mont Diablo and his valley. Nature offers a large variety of colors, textures and forms in a such strong way that I can't sculpt anything for few days, when I come back to my studio. Then the magic happen and I can create again with inspiration.

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