David Mitchell B.A., M.B.A., J.D.

Biography
Although now retired, David has spent his working life as a financial analyst, lawyer and investment manager. He was fortunate to grow up in a home where appreciation of art was emphasized. His mother was a collector. He has been sculpting, on an occassional basis, for over three decades. While he has attended some workshops, he is essentially self taught. He finds principal inspiration in the works of Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth and Brancusi. He started carving in wood and then moved into stone - starting with soft material such as soapstone and alabaster, eventually working into the hardest stone to carve, jade.

"It's been an exciting learning process working with different materials. Probably my favorite is marble, which is easy to work, not prone to fracture, comes in wonderful colors and composition and takes a good polish. Jade is the most difficult material - very labor intensive but is so often exquisite in the finished product. For me, sculpture is all about form, in the three dimensions. I love abstract forms and most of my work is abstract or semi-abstract. The various components of a piece I work on have to "fit" and complement each other and the whole. Working in stone is a cutting down process, as opposed to a building up process - if one makes a mistake, one can't put the material back. At various stages I often spend a lot of time studying a form to try and make the right evolutionary step in its development. Rarely do I have a fixed idea of what the piece will look like when I start. The form evolves and I stop when I'm satisfied. Creating a form that can be attractive to others is immensly satisfying."

 

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