Portrait of Rick, Granite Sculptor
Oil on Linen
Detail, Portrait of Frederick L. Gregory
Rick Gregory is one of the few granite sculptors in America – I’m not sure more than five artists work in this very tough, formidable rock. California has a good stock of it, especially around Fresno and Yosemite. I thought Rick looked a bit Apollo-ish; I added a fist full of blueprints. We had some very artsy adventures, one at the height of a blinding record-setting rain and wind a few years back on the Central Coast. We drove to Big Sur dodging collapsing cliffs and boulders on Highway One, to tie down twenty-five and thirty foot blocks of Rick’s granite sculpture against the tempest. The best I can say about that thrilling day was that nobody died. Years ago, this expert sailor was on the winning America’s Cup team before hitting dry land in Brazil where he stayed to study rock building with a Japanese master, marry Miss Brazil, and start a family. He’s gone back and forth ever since between Brazil and California, making extraordinary monolithic granite sculptures, many interplaying with water. His work is shown at the Hawthorne Gallery in Big Sur, and installed all over the world in public and private collections.
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DawsonImages
Strong pointilist techinique show here
Barbara Sparhawk
Good critique, Dawson. It’s more my poor photo that gives it that look. But there is something in what you say in that I tend to fill my brush with many colors.
pappy
YOUR WORK IS SHOULD BE HANGING IN PARIS OR LONDON, IF IT ISNT ALREADY AWESOME WORK.
Barbara Sparhawk
Very kind of you to give such high praise, Henry. Many thanks. There’s more work and history on my website, www.hawksperch.com, if you have a chance to look. It would be interesting to me to hear what you think.
I’ve been painting a long time, the world best honors artists after they’ve dropped dead, so I just keep at life and the rest will sort itself out.
Antanas
Beautiful…
Barbara Sparhawk
Thanks so much Antanas. Your photography is a pleasure to see, you make me proud.
Louise Cooke
I love the attention you’ve given to Rick’s hand..a sculptor..perfect! And only part of his face..yet you get such a strong sense of him…awesome Barbara :)
Barbara Sparhawk
Thanks so much Louise! A fine complement from someone who had studied people so closely and well.
I need to add some history to him, you’ve reminded me. Sculptors, as well as surgeons and musicians, have very particularly developed bodies and hands.