PM Goulding

Hello and welcome to the PM Goulding Sculpture web site. I am Phil Goulding a sculptor living and working in and around Athens, Georgia. This site is of value to those seeking out information about myself or the Pop, Formalistic, and Utilitarian avenues that my sculpture takes. You can find a variety of stone for sculpture, as well as links to sites of interest to those interested in the production and exhibition of sculpture.

If you wish to contact me concerning, the purchase or commissioning of a sculpture, exhibition or lease of the art, or the purchase or commission from the Great Granite line of handcrafted landscape elements.

Email: phillipg99@charter.net

Write: PM Goulding Sculpture
1800 Timothy Road
Athens, Georgia 30606

Or: Great Granite
101 Salem Road/PO Box 816
Farmington, Georgia 30638

Call: (706) 207-7141

P.M. Goulding an American resident born in St. Louis Missouri and raised in St. Louis and Detroit Michigan, has also lived in Hawaii, New York, Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Wisconsin and presently in Athens, Georgia. He started his study of sculpture in high school in St. Louis, received a BFA in sculpture from Northern Michigan University in 1992 and his MFA (including a summers study in Italy) at University of Georgia, Athens in 1995.

While well versed in casting and fabricating, Mr. Goulding has been carving and manipulating stone since 1976. He has produced many morphological and minamalistic forms as well as some representational and architectural works. More recently he has created a series of large scale "toys" in stone, steel and bronze. One constant element in all of Mr. Gouldings sculpture has been the high quality of his material manipulation and sensitivity to the material he uses.

Statement From the Artist

The artist is a member of society with the accompanying responsibilities. As an artist it is my responsibility to produce a meaningful and viable product for the public. My personal belief is that my art should serve to advance society and create an understanding between those who view it.

In order to achieve these goals it is my job to utilize the tools at my command. These obviously include the techniques and implements needed to manipulate the materials I select. The skill with which I wield those is an indication of the value I place on my efforts. What is more important is the intelligent use of the tools of psychology, sociology, the physical sciences, history and those elements that constitute our culture and the greater my understanding of other cultures the greater my scope of potential influence.

Another important constituent of professionalism is the interaction among those of like interest and purpose, my colleagues and cohorts in the art community, people who share a vocabulary and are practiced at communicating their artistic understanding. It is in this company where my successes and misses can best be discovered.

It is the successful integration of these elements that make the production of art, in my case sculpture, a vocation second only to teaching and helping with the development of others artistic skills.

I am a maker of things and deal with reality and "stuff". While this site has proven an invaluable medium for sharing information about my art and productions, I would hope everyone who looks through sites like this would get out and see and feel the realities, for the reality is that this "gallery" is "virtually" inadequate to the real thing.