Gordon Lightfoot Tribute "Portrait Sculpture"

[gino]

I finished Mr. Lightfoot’s portrait bust last week.
He sat for me last fall in my Hamilton Ontario studio.
It has been a great pleasure for me to serve and honour this man's
life and work with my art.
You are all most welcome to see the portrait sculpture photos on my
web site below,
http://www.ginocavicchioli.com/sculpture_gordonlightfoot.html

Enjoy

God bless Gordon Lightfoot

Gino

[drb...@sbcglobal.net]

Wow!

donnie

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150a46db-7a07-4530...@l10g2000vba.googlegroups.com, gino at
gi...@ginocavicchioli.com wrote on 3/29/09 3:31 PM:

> I finished Mr. Lightfoot零 portrait bust last week.

[Django]

Well done! Had no idea of it's size until I viewed the pic with someone to
compare it with. Dj

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On Mar 29, 4:31 pm, gino <g...@ginocavicchioli.com> wrote:
> I finished Mr. Lightfoot’s portrait bust last week.
> He sat for me last fall in my Hamilton Ontario studio.
> It has been a great pleasure for me to serve and honour this man's
> life and work with my art.
> You are all most welcome to see the portrait sculpture photos on my

> web site below,http://www.ginocavicchioli.com/sculpture_gordonlightfoot.html

>
> Enjoy
>
> God bless Gordon Lightfoot
>
> Gino

Beautiful!
All of your work is amazing Gino. What was it like to have him sit for
you like that?

Char
Toronto

[gino]

Thanks for asking
I dream come true Char, I thought I had died and gone to Heaven. I get
lots of important folks in my studio, but Mr. Lightfoot I have
personally 'loved since a young age. To top it off Char, he asked me
what other musicians I love, I mentioned Leonard Cohen name, he agreed
and started singing some of Cohens songs to me...I nearly had a
stroke :-)

Take great care my new friend,

G

[gino]

On Mar 30, 12:41 am, "Django" <Minstre...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Well done! Had no idea of it's size until I viewed the pic with someone to
> compare it with. Dj
>
> <drb...@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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> news:C5F581F1.7B12%drb...@sbcglobal.net...
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>
> > Wow!
>
> > donnie
>
> > in article

> > 150a46db-7a07-4530-8ec5-4248ddce6...@l10g2000vba.googlegroups.com, gino at
> > g...@ginocavicchioli.com wrote on 3/29/09 3:31 PM:
>
> >> I finished Mr. Lightfoot¹s portrait bust last week.

> >> He sat for me last fall in my Hamilton Ontario studio.
> >> It has been a great pleasure for me to serve and honour this man's
> >> life and work with my art.
> >> You are all most welcome to see the portrait sculpture photos on my
> >> web site below,
> >>http://www.ginocavicchioli.com/sculpture_gordonlightfoot.html
>
> >> Enjoy
>
> >> God bless Gordon Lightfoot
>

> >> Gino- Hide quoted text -
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Thank you for checking out the bust Django
I am really happy you liked it...
G

[lightf...@rogers.com]

On Mar 30, 6:03 pm, gino <g...@ginocavicchioli.com> wrote:
> On Mar 30, 11:52 am, lightfoot...@rogers.com wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Mar 29, 4:31 pm, gino <g...@ginocavicchioli.com> wrote:
>
> > > I finished Mr. Lightfoot’s portrait bust last week.
> > > He sat for me last fall in my Hamilton Ontario studio.
> > > It has been a great pleasure for me to serve and honour this man's
> > > life and work with my art.
> > > You are all most welcome to see the portrait sculpture photos on my
> > > web site below,http://www.ginocavicchioli.com/sculpture_gordonlightfoot.html
>
> > > Enjoy
>
> > > God bless Gordon Lightfoot
>
> > > Gino
>
> > Beautiful!
> > All of your work is amazing Gino. What was it like to have him sit for
> > you like that?
>
> > Char
> > Toronto
>

Was this work commissioned by Gordon for his own personal
collection ?
Perhaps you would rather not, or cannot answer, so I'd understand
about the possible privacy issue.

It must have been amazing to hear Cohen lyrics being sung by
Lightfoot. Cohen is another of my favourite artists. Lightfoot once
sang some Everley Brothers lyrics for me several years ago..that was
quite something!
You were born in Australia (one of two places I'd love to visit - the
other being Italy to visit my paternal grandparents birthplace) but
moved to Rome as a youngster? When did you first discover Lightfoot
music and when did you move to Canada/Hamilton?

It's quite the life story you have so far..
Char

> Thanks for asking
> I dream come true Char, I thought I had died and gone to Heaven. I get
> lots of important folks in my studio, but Mr. Lightfoot I have
> personally  'loved since a young age. To top it off Char, he asked me
> what other musicians I love, I mentioned Leonard Cohen name, he agreed
> and started singing some of Cohens songs to me...I nearly had a
> stroke :-)
>
> Take great care my new friend,
>

> G- Hide quoted text -

[lightf...@rogers.com]

On Mar 30, 6:03 pm, gino <g...@ginocavicchioli.com> wrote:

> On Mar 30, 11:52 am, lightfoot...@rogers.com wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Mar 29, 4:31 pm, gino <g...@ginocavicchioli.com> wrote:
>
> > > I finished Mr. Lightfoot’s portrait bust last week.
> > > He sat for me last fall in my Hamilton Ontario studio.
> > > It has been a great pleasure for me to serve and honour this man's
> > > life and work with my art.
> > > You are all most welcome to see the portrait sculpture photos on my
> > > web site below,http://www.ginocavicchioli.com/sculpture_gordonlightfoot.html
>
> > > Enjoy
>
> > > God bless Gordon Lightfoot
>
> > > Gino
>
> > Beautiful!
> > All of your work is amazing Gino. What was it like to have him sit for
> > you like that?
>
> > Char
> > Toronto
>

Gino - who is the model in one of the pics of the Lightfoot bust?

Char

> Thanks for asking
> I dream come true Char, I thought I had died and gone to Heaven. I get
> lots of important folks in my studio, but Mr. Lightfoot I have
> personally  'loved since a young age. To top it off Char, he asked me
> what other musicians I love, I mentioned Leonard Cohen name, he agreed
> and started singing some of Cohens songs to me...I nearly had a
> stroke :-)
>
> Take great care my new friend,
>

[gino]

> Was this work commissioned by Gordon for his own personal
> collection ?
> Perhaps you would rather not, or cannot answer, so I'd understand
> about the possible privacy issue.
>
> It must have been amazing to hear Cohen lyrics being sung by
> Lightfoot. Cohen is another of my favourite artists. Lightfoot once
> sang some Everley Brothers lyrics for me several years ago..that was
> quite something!
> You were born in Australia (one of two places I'd love to visit - the
> other being Italy to visit my paternal grandparents birthplace) but
> moved to Rome as a youngster? When did you first discover Lightfoot
> music and when did you move to Canada/Hamilton?
>
> It's quite the life story you have so far..
> Char

Good morning Char.

90% of my sculpture work is by commission.
About 10% of my studio work is self chosen :-)
This 10% is where I invite folks that I personally admire and fancy to
sit for me.
I invited Mr. Lightfoot to sit for me last summer. His busy schedule
kept him from doing so, until late fall.
To hear Gordon sing in my studio was an out of this world experience.
But for one of my favorite (Lightfoot) to sing one of my favorite
(Leonard Cohen)
Was nothing short then a religious experience.
I came to Canada in 1968. It was during this first year that I
discovered wonderful Lightfoot.
This fall I will invite Mr. Cohen to sit for me in 2010

Take care Char,

Gino

[gino]

> Gino - who is the model in one of the pics of the Lightfoot bust?

> Char

The model is my beautiful wife

Gino

[Terry]

In article
<150a46db-7a07-4530...@l10g2000vba.googlegroups.com>,
gino <gi...@ginocavicchioli.com> wrote:

> I finished Mr. Lightfoot零 portrait bust last week.

Fantastic!!