Ian Thomson MA
On the way down to Italy through France I visited Cezanne's Studio in Aix en Provence. What a lovely part of the world and what a wonderful studio! In Piacenza there is a great little public art gallery where you can see many beautiful works of...
Art, Theology and Symbolism Christianity “Whatsoever is …beautiful…(and pure)…think on these things” Bible Hinduism “I am the beauty of the beautiful…” Baghvad Gita Islam ‘He created the heavens and earth with Truth, formed you and made your forms beautiful…’ Quran (64:3) (But certain forms of Islam eschew figurative representation and use abstract patterns and gorgeous...
In April 2019 I came to Italy to expand my horizons. I came to visit and work at different studios, to meet other sculptors to exchange ideas and working methods, source new marble and tools and to learn anything that could help my art. It is...
Working at the workshop of master carvers Andrea Spadaccini and Alessandro Bonuccelli....
On completion of my latest sculpture “Surrender” I have had a conversation with my client via email. We have covered topics directly or indirectly connected to the sculpture, its conception, production and the thinking behind it. Here are some excerpts. “…but that the act of Surrender...
