Nicolas Moreton
{{Short description|British sculptor}}
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Nicolas Moreton (born in 1961 in Watford, Hertfordshire) is a British artist. Predominantly a stone carver, two of his sculptures are in permanent public locations in Milton Keynes.{{Cite web |url=http://www.mkweb.co.uk/art/displayarticle.asp?id=294 |title=The City Centre Artwalk - Milton Keynes Art - MKWeb |access-date=2009-05-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060102211439/http://www.mkweb.co.uk/Art/DisplayArticle.asp?ID=294 |archive-date=2006-01-02 |url-status=dead }}
A National Stone Carving residency around four English cathedralsTransition - A National Stone Carving Tour {{ISBN|0-9550911-0-1}} during 2004 and 2005 visited Southwell Minster, Gloucester Cathedral, Lincoln Cathedral, and Manchester Cathedral and Moreton was in conversation with Brian Sewell in the BBC Radio 4 series on Divine Art{{Cite web|title=Welcome to OnTelly!|url=https://ontelly.co.uk/|access-date=2021-08-05|website=ontelly.co.uk}} about the residency at Gloucester Cathedral.
Public works
[https://www.nicolasmoreton.com/images/sculpture/commissionedwork/conversation.jpg The Conversation (1995)], commissioned by Hermes Properties, sited at New City Square, Milton Keynes, Kilkenny Limestone, Bronze and Gold Leaf.
[https://www.nicolasmoreton.com/images/sculpture/commissionedwork/meeting-thecup.jpg The Meeting (1995)], in Birds Eye Derbyshire Fossil limestone and bronze; both are situated in New City Square, Milton Keynes, Kilkenny Limestone.
[https://www.nicolasmoreton.com/images/sculpture/commissionedwork/DSCF0364_2.jpg The Eye and the Needle (2010)], granite, cor-ten steel and electrical light; Mythholmroyd Market Square, Calderdale.[https://www.nicolasmoreton.com/images/sculpture/commissionedwork/DSCF0360_2.jpg Eye and the Needle.] Commissioned by Calderdale Council.
Portrait of Moreton
Moreton agreed to sit for Jon Edgar in Northamptonshire during 2006. A terracotta head{{cite book|last=authors|first=various|title=Responses - Carvings and Claywork - Jon Edgar Sculpture 2003-2008|year=2008|publisher=Hesworth Press|location=UK|isbn=978-0-9558675-0-7}} exists.
References
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External links
- [http://www.nicolasmoreton.com/ Illustrated web archive]
- [http://www.rbs.org.uk/cgibin/rbs_gallery.cgi?userid=2&letter=M&image=1&display=main Associate of Royal British Society of Sculptors]
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