Nicolas Moreton
Nicolas Moreton (born 1961 in Watford, Hertfordshire) is a British artist. Predominantly a stone carver, two of his sculptures are in permanent public locations in Milton Keynes.[1] A National Stone Carving residency around four English cathedrals[2] during 2004 and 2005 visited Southwell Minster, Gloucester Cathedral, Lincoln Cathedral and Manchester Cathedral and Moreton was in conversation with Brian Sewell in the BBC Radio 4 series on Divine Art[3] about the residency at Gloucester Cathedral.
Public works
The Conversation (1995), in bronze and Kilkenny limestone
The Meeting (1995), in Birds Eye Derbyshire Fossil limestone and bronze; both are situated in City Square, Milton Keynes.
The Eye and the Needle (2010), Corten Steel, granite, light; Mythholmroyd Market Square, Calderdale [4]
Portrait of Moreton
Moreton agreed to sit for Jon Edgar in Northamptonshire during 2006. A terracotta head[5] exists.
References
- ^ http://www.mkweb.co.uk/art/displayarticle.asp?id=294
- ^ Transition - A National Stone Carving Tour ISBN 0-9550911-0-1
- ^ http://bbc.ask-adders.com/program-details/Divine+Art/20061228154500/
- ^ http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/Mytholmroyd39s-39poetic39-sculpture-unveiled-at.6116645.jp
- ^ authors, various (2008). Responses - Carvings and Claywork - Jon Edgar Sculpture 2003-2008. UK: Hesworth Press. ISBN 978-0-9558675-0-7.
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