Michael Wilding was born in 1953 and educated in Europe. As a student he
studied figurative painting, and planned to go into the fine arts. This dream was
sidetracked, at first by Rock and Roll, and then by theatre.
He moved to New Mexico almost twenty years ago, with the idea of getting back to
his original desire to make fine art, discovered sculpture and has not looked back.
Through sculpture, all of his passions come together; art, music and even performance.
"I listen to jazz or rock and roll while dancing around the stone applying the chisel.
I think there is a huge correlation between sculpting and music", he says. Lyric and
rhythmic, his abstract pieces radiate energy, giving back the joy he feels in his work.
Although initially he did not consider showing his work professionally, he realised that
"having the work out there in the world is a part of the creative process. One creates an energy
with a piece of work that cannot be held onto."
