Gordon Punt

For over sixty years I have been drawing the human figure and continually find it challenging. Drawing from a live model is the primary method I use. Sometimes in as little as thirty seconds I try to capture the illusive movement of dance, a gesture of emotion, or a sensual moment.
I also love sculpture, drawing and photography, and have made my living at it for 40 years. I will be 79 years old in January of 2025, and I have no signs of slowing down!

- I am mostly retired now, but still drawing and selling my art. I made a living from selling my stone sculptures and making bronze portrait busts. I created Fine Art Sculptures in Stone and Bronze, but mostly sold my commercial sculptures in stone, consisting of animals, faces and portraits.
- I have enjoyed teaching Drawing and Painting to children and adults for many years.
- Some of my sculptures and portraits are owned by Ted Turner, Robert Redford, Beau Bridges, Sylvester Stallone and LA Mayer Tom Bradley.
- Oprah Winfrey asked my permission to show two of my small bronze portraits of Gandhi and Martin Luther King that were sitting on Ted Turner's desk, while filming her Master Class TV Series.
- I have made many sculptures and life-size bronze portraits of important people and ...

Academy of Art, San Francisco, CA 1964
Art Center School, LA, CA 1964
Bank Of America Achievement Award in Art 1965
Morningside High School, LA, CA (Graduated 'Artist of The Year') 1965
El Camino Jr. College, LA, CA (Drawing and Painting) 1965
U.S. Navy (Vietnam) 1965 - 1970
McMurdo Sound, South Pole Navy Base (Photography) 1970
Santa Monica Jr. College, Santa Monica, CA (Sculpture + Drawing) 1971
San Francisco Art Institute, SF, CA (Honors in Figure Drawing) 1972
De Young Museum, SF, CA (Ceramic, Nude Figure Sculpture) 1973
Mill Valley, Marin, CA (Stone Sculpture Class) 1974
Evolution Art Institute, Petaluma, CA (Stone Sculpture + Tool Making) 1975
Sonoma State Univ., Santa Rosa, CA (BA in Fine Art) 1980 - 1984
Master's Degree in Fine Art - Sierra University, San Fran., CA (MFA, Carrara, Italy - Sculpture + Drawing ) 1985 - 1986

Private Studies With:

William Crow (Photography - U.S. Navy) 1970
Borgie Studios, San Francisco, CA (Photography) 1971 1972
Robert Gove, Sonoma County, CA (Stone Carving) 1978 - 1980
Victor Zaikine, Healdsburg, CA (Bronze Sculpture & Mold Making) 1978 - 1980
Piero Mussi (Bronze Casting + Mold Making), Berkeley, CA 1981 - 1982
Janos Stryke (Stone Carving), Carrara, Italy 1984 - 1985

2025 - 2026 Volcano Art Center, Hawaii, The Worth of Water - Show, including my stone sculpture of Queen Liliuokalani

2025 Eden Resort, Florida
One-Man Show of Sculpture, Drawings and Paintings

2024 Fine Art America
International online exhibit of Sculpture, Drawings, Paintings and Photography

2023 R-Gallery, Boulder Colorado
One-Man Show of Sculpture, Drawings and Paintings

2022 Boulder Art Gallery and Museum, Boulder Colorado

2020 Volcano Sculpture Garden, Hawaii

Before 2020:
Monterey Art Gallery, Monterey, California
Laguna Arts Festival, Laguna Beach, California
Volcano Art Center Gallery, Hawaii
Buenaventura Art Gallery, Ventura California
Ventura Sculpture Museum
Volcano Art Center Gallery, Hawaii
Ghirardelli Square Art Gallery, San Francisco
Living Green Art and Interior Design Gallery, San Francisco
Sausalito Art Gallery, Sausalito California
- And too many to mention over a sixty-year career.