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After an early career in the Army,
Robert moved to a job in the City in 1983 where he was to spend
the next 18 years working with a large international bank. Throughout
this period he became increasingly absorbed by sculpture, finding
the necessary time during evenings and weekends to attend life
classes and to practice in his studio. He quickly showed a particular
sensitivity for portraiture and what began as a hobby soon became
a serious interest and led to his first portrait commissions
in 1989. The demand for his skills as a portrait sculptor, much
of it generated by word of mouth, steadily increased and as a
result he decided to leave the City at the end of 2000 to take
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In addition to undertaking portraits
to commission his work includes other figurative sculpture which
he produces as edition pieces and which are based on both human
and animal form. While much of his work is executed "in
the round" he also enjoys the discipline of relief sculpture
and received the Olin-Stones Award for best relief sculpture
at the Society of Portrait Sculptors annual exhibition at The
Gallery, Cork Street in May 2004. |
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He exhibits on a regular
basis with the Surrey Sculpture Society and the Hampshire Sculpture
Trust. Examples of his work have been accepted for exhibition
by the Wykeham Gallery, Stockbridge, The Armed Forces Art Society
in London, The Cork Street Gallery, London (with the Society
of Portrait Sculptors) and Winchester Cathedral.
Apart from a number of
commissions undertaken in the United Kingdom, his work is included
in private collections in the United States, Australia, New Zealand,
Majorca, and Ireland. His sculpture has also been chosen for
public display in London.
He was elected a member
of The Society of Portrait Sculptors in 2005.
He works from his studio
in Winchester, Hampshire and is married to artist and writer,
Belinda Hunt.
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www.portrait-sculpture.org |
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