Darwin Bicentenary CommissionFor Christ's College CambridgeI have been commissioned by Christ's College Cambridge to sculpt a life-sized bronze of Charles Darwin for the Bicentenary Celebrations due to be held on February 12th 2009. Charles Darwin is undoubtedly one of the most important people in the history of science. His theory of evolution by Natural Selection had such wide-reaching implications that it has fundamentally changed the way that we view ourselves and our place within the spectrum of life on this planet. I have been fascinated by evolution ever since first reading The Origin of Species back when I was sixteen. It was the major trigger for my interest in zoology, which eventually led to me reading zoology at Darwin's old College – Christ's College Cambridge. I find Darwin's life to be a fascinating topic. There have been many biographies of Darwin, but I have found those by Janet Brown and David Quammen to be particularly compelling accounts of his amazing life. It has been a great honour for me to receive this commission to commemorate my academic hero for my old College. The sculpture is now well under way - all of the preparatory work has been done and the sculpting of the clay has begun (28.05.2008).
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Portrait of Darwin by G. Richmond 
Bust of Darwin at Christ's College |