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− Steven Whyte (born 17 March 1969) is a sculptor classically trained in the traditional methodology of figurative bronze sculpture living in Carmel, California who has produced many public memorials and installations in both England and throughout the United States with subjects ranging from miners, to soldiers and fire fighters. He is credited with nine major monuments including ''The Silverdale Mining Memorial'', ''The Lance Sergeant Jack Baskeyfield VC Tribute'', ''The Spirit of 1948'', and ''The Dr. John Roberts Monument''. Whyte recently completed work on a multimillion-dollar, sixteen-figure monument in San Diego, California entitled ''National Salute to Bob Hope and the Military'', and two 1.5 times life size portraits busts of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (''Column of Knowledge'' featuring Dr. King's bust atop the books that influenced his life and a 2nd bust above Dr. King's famous "I have a dream speech"). In 2010 Whyte unveiled a twice life size portrait monument of the 1957 Heisman Trophy Winner, John David Crow at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas and a life size full relief statue of St. Anthony and Child at Basilica of Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo (Carmel Mission) Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA. Whyte's recent work includes a four life size figures for a memorial to the fallen officers of the San Diego Sheriff's Department to be unveiled in May 2011. Whyte is currently working on a nine figure composition for Cannery Row, Monterey, CA, and a life size Jumbo the Elephant for Tufts University, MA. And a massive statue for Texas A&M University, The Aggie War Hymn Monument, twelve 1.6 times life size bronze figures of students, "sawing off variety's horns", the 10 ft by 37 ft sculpture is due to be unveiled in September 2014, at a cost of $1.7M. Whyte is about to start statues of rockers Slash and Lemmy of Motörhead for Stoke-on-Trent and Los Angeles. == Biography == The son of Campbell MacNaughton Whyte (retired Royal Air Force) and Janice Whyte (Homemaker, Gardener and Artisan), Steven Whyte was born March 17, 1969 in Amesbury, United Kingdom and grew up in various parts of Europe including Scotland, Germany, the Netherlands, England, and the Shetland Isles. Whyte, a dyslexic, has been described as first using art as a social solution, rather than a potential vocation: "Art class was often the only place I felt confident that I could contribute and learn at the same rate as my peers.” Whyte's first art courses were drawing and graphic design, but it was not until high school that he began learning ceramics and sculpture. As an undergraduate, he gained full scholarship and became the youngest accepted to the Sir Henry Doulton School of Sculpture, under the late Professor Colin Melbourne ARCA and Dame Elisabeth Frink RA. After leaving school, Whyte co-wrote the only validated figurative sculpture course in England and accepted a teaching position at Stafford College, then became the youngest member of the London-based Society of Portrait Sculptors, where he served as Vice President alongside President Franta Belsky PPRBS, late sculptor to the Royal Family. Whyte's early career consisted primarily of private commissions and portrait work, with over 70 completed commissioned official portraits to date.〔 In 2003, Whyte opened his first US open studio and gallery on Cannery Row in Monterey, California. In 2007, the (Steven Whyte Sculpture Studio and Gallery ) moved to Carmel-by-the-Sea, California where it is currently open to the public every day.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Steven Whyte」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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