I was tired of illustration. You'd work so hard on a commission and it would go in to a magazine, and you'd turn the page and it was gone.

- Richard Macdonald

At any one time, I'll have 30 to 40 pieces going on in the studio, so this is not economically driven at all.

- Richard Macdonald

Charity work is very important to me and gives me an opportunity to give back to my community. I've always been a big supporter of many different cha…

- Richard Macdonald

There are very few people who do what I do.

- Richard Macdonald

I never had a job. I bought my first house within a year of getting out of school, and I built a custom one four and a half years later. The Art Cent…

- Richard Macdonald

The greatest success is creating whatever you want without conditions. I don't do commissions unless I really want to, because it's like having a job.

- Richard Macdonald

There is a connection between me and the collectors, and as admirers of the work they tell me about the differences the pieces are able to make in th…

- Richard Macdonald

You have to make thousands and thousands of drawings before an illustration is perfected.

- Richard Macdonald

I'm always looking for the next challenge.

- Richard Macdonald