Richard Page Like many New Zealanders I had a great desire to travel. Little was I to know that through this travel I was too learn the art of sculpture. Learning and living in a country as rich in culture as Israel sparked an artistic flame that had been ignited at an early age by my grandmother Joan Page[painter], but forgotten through teenage years. This flame was continued to be feed with trips to Serravezza, Italy, to work with Nicolas Bertoux and Cynthia Sah on monumental works destined for international markets. Through these experiences I have learnt methods that I have adapted, to help me try  and achieve the goals that I set myself each time I sculpt. In recent years, family has played a big part in influencing my art. The "growth " of two young children supplying me with the direction of my recent works. Growth of forms out of a base material, birth, emergence are key words which I try to bring to life in stone Sculpture supplies me with energy and a satisfaction of problem solving that when I am without, it feels like something is missing.