{"id":233,"date":"2016-03-30T13:52:22","date_gmt":"2016-03-30T17:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sculpturebywynn.com\/site\/?p=233"},"modified":"2016-04-05T10:46:30","modified_gmt":"2016-04-05T14:46:30","slug":"terry-fox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sculpturebywynn.com\/site\/terry-fox\/","title":{"rendered":"Terry Fox and The Return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Concepts<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Public sculptures are usually awarded as a result of a competition. Sculptors win some, and usually lose more. However, the models created for these competitions are revealing. I always try to bring in a very human perspective, rather than the obvious.<\/p>\n<p>An example is the maquette for a Terry Fox sculpture for a municipality which Terry ran through on his Marathon of Hope. I portrayed Terry supporting a young cancer victim . . . illustrating the <i>purpose<\/i> of his run, not just the run. The work chosen illustrated the run (yet again &#8211; there are at least eight statues across Canada of him running).<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, another municipality was restoring its waterfront, and wanted a sculpture illustrating \u201cThe Return\u201d. Instead of a very human image, they chose an abstract of three large raindrops.\u00a0 Conclusion: you can never tell what motivates a jury.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-233 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sculpturebywynn.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Terry-2-small.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"297\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/sculpturebywynn.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Terry-2-small-297x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sculpturebywynn.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Terry-2-small-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/sculpturebywynn.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Terry-2-small.jpg 593w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 297px) 100vw, 297px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-275'>\n\t\t\t\tTerry Fox maquette\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sculpturebywynn.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Thunder-Babe.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"216\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/sculpturebywynn.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Thunder-Babe-216x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sculpturebywynn.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Thunder-Babe-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/sculpturebywynn.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Thunder-Babe.jpg 499w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-276'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Return maquette\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Concepts Public sculptures are usually awarded as a result of a competition. Sculptors win some, and usually lose more. However, the models created for these competitions are revealing. I always try to bring in a very human perspective, rather than the obvious. 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