The Flair Joie de Vivre Blind Faith Richard MacDonald (born 1946) is a California-based contemporary figurative artist known for his bronze sculptures. Read full biography of Richard MacDonald →
I create for artistic intent only and do everything from life.
I don't do commissions and I like the freedom to create what my heart or mind tells me to.
I was tired of illustration. You'd work so hard on a commission and it would go in to a magazine, and you'd turn the page and it was gone.
There are very few people who do what I do.
I never had a job. I bought my first house within a year of getting out of school, and I built a custom one four and a half years later. The Art... →
I've had over a dozen models come in and pose fro me live for these new Cirque pieces. Cirque is a world-wide phenomenon and they are just... →
The greatest success is creating whatever you want without conditions. I don't do commissions unless I really want to, because it's like... →
I am only limited by the amount of life I have left to capture the ideas I am already working on. Another problem is that I am not sure if I would... →
I do everything. Of course, I have 50 people who work for me to do the drudgery of mold making and all the foundry. This is an enormous task. But... →
I use zero photography. I have a photographic memory and a complete knowledge of anatomy and physiology, and an interest in grasping the moment of... →
I'm a classically trained painter, and I was an illustrator in New York working with Fortune 500s companies as well as the NBA and the Olympics.... →
The Flair Joie de Vivre Blind Faith Richard MacDonald (born 1946) is a California-based contemporary figurative artist known for his bronze sculptures.