Transforming space with sculpture
May 04, 2026
SPACE SHAPING POSSIBILITIES
Exploring the space-shaping possibilities of outdoor sculpture, Richard has spent the better part of 40 years creating monumental works, engaging deeply with material, form, scale, and spatial context. The result is a wide-reaching body of work spanning diverse geographies and environments—from the deserts of California and Arizona to the mountains of Switzerland and Austria, the bustling city of Taipei and the wild coast of Ireland. The connective thread throughout is the union of sculpture, architecture, and landscape, which, when conceived together, create environments that promote engagement and awareness rather than passive decoration.
Opi, Carrara white marble 93 x 48 x 39 inches
Spira, Carrara white marble 86 x 52 x 65 inches Private collection Indian Wells, California
In this context, Richard’s monumental sculptures operate as spatial interventions that recalibrate how we perceive and inhabit space. At this scale, they require movement and duration to be fully experienced. This emphasis on phenomenological encounter gestures toward Land Art and post-Minimalist sculpture, when artists moved out of the gallery and into direct relationship with the environment. Richard’s work distinguishes itself through its architectural sensibility—each piece constructs space, guiding flow, framing views, and heightening awareness of terrain, light, and atmosphere. Form and viewer are, in a sense, co-created; one mediates the experience of the other.
Seri Tai, Carrara marble 126 x 75 x 59 inches Public collection Taichung, Taiwan