Art came easily and quickly to Richard. He could always draw. At one time he considered becoming a political cartoonist, but after training in painting and sculpture at the Hampstead Academy in London and then at Avni Art Institute in Israel, he knew that sculpture was his calling.

He enrolled in the Basis School of Sculpture in Israel, completed the 5 year course in two years, and opened his own studio in Hadassah Neurim, overlooking the beautiful Mediterranean Ocean. Read more...

Like the Old Masters, Richard has made a life study of human anatomy. Combining these interests with his considerable artistic talents, plus his personal background in bodybuilding and athletic achievement, Richard has made a unique mark in sculpture of the 21st century.

Richard Minns lives life to the full. The son of an Irish father and Jewish mother, Richard was born on a Ranch in Texas in 1929. He has lived all over the world in a larger-than-life continuous adventure, spanning 14 different successful careers which have been the subject of newspaper and magazine articles, books, movies, and television shows.

A former boxing champion and rodeo competitor, Richard first trained to be a doctor; then became a journalism professor; then a professional writer; then founder and operator of one of America’s largest advertising-marketing-public relations agencies; then founder and operator of one of the world’s largest network of health and fitness spas. And a world-class athlete still holding over 12 world’s records in endurance sports.

Every artist and every sculptor is influenced by those who have preceded him. To fully understand Richard Minns, let us roll back the clock and take a quick journey with those who have preceded him and who have influenced his work.

In the beginning, God created the Heavens and the Earth, and God created Man in His own image. Almost from the beginning of time, Artists and Sculptors have sought the truth by re-creating and re-defining Man in their own image and in God’s image.The nude human figure was their source of inspiration. They, like Richard, found their truth in nature and they illustrated the beauty and wonder of man and woman through their interpretation of the Gods and Goddesses of Classical Mythology and the Heroes of the Bible. This surged into prominence with the Classic Greek and Roman Old Masters, moving into the Renaissance and undisputedly, in Richard’s view, the greatest sculptor in History: Michelangelo Buonarroti, who set the standard of excellence for every artist and sculptor thereafter.

Michelangelo was the primary influence on Auguste Rodin who, from 1860 to 1910, made his mark as “the greatest living sculptor since Michelangelo”. This was the time of the famous Impressionists. Rodin alone was to sculpture as Van Gogh, Gauguin and Cezanne combined were to painting. Rodin brought a new dimension to sculpture, much the same as Impressionism and Symbolism were doing to painting.Michelangelo and Rodin have been the governing influence on Israeli Sculptor Richard Minns.
In Richard Minns, we present a 21st Century Sculptor, with 21st Century techniques, but with the anatomical discipline of the Renaissance Old Masters combined with the expressionistic movement of the French Impressionists.

In Richard’s hands, clay, wax, wood, bronze and marble are transformed into figures that manifest the human condition. Richard understands the possibilities of the male and female nude and the spectacle of muscles in movement. Every inch of Richard’s sculptures, from head to toe, convey the total human spectrum of emotion.
Richard interprets stories and heroes from the Bible, which, in his capable hands, literally come alive with anatomical perfection, compelling emotion and maximum movement. Richard’s sculptures are truly 3-dimensional and must be viewed with 360º careful scrutiny

Praise from Fellow International Sculptor, Leon Bronstein , "Richard Minns was born to be a Sculptor"

"When Richard works, he works with intense, absolute concentration. He literally becomes part of his sculpture, and nothing else exists. We can be in the same studio all day and unless Richard needs something, not a word is said. It is as if his very soul is captured in his creation. He becomes its willing prisoner, and his soul will not be set free until the sculpture is finished.
Like the Old Masters, Richard knows and understands anatomy and he literally worships the human body. He is passionate, demanding, and his whole personality goes into his sculptures.
Richard has created his own sculptural language: realistic and physical, highly charged with emotion and movement, conveying sexuality in the way of Michelangelo, Rodin and Bourdelle."

- Leon Bronstein, International Sculptor, Director of Old City Caesarea Gallery