We were lucky to catch up with Dr. Robby Gordon recently and have shared our conversation below.
Hi Dr. Robby, really happy you were able to join us today and we’re looking forward to sharing your story and insights with our readers. Let’s start with the heart of it all – purpose. How did you find your purpose?
I was born an artist. However, my mother told me that first I would have to work in a profession then only later on I could focus on my hobby. She was right, I became a veterinarian and then I went into the financial field. I did well in my life so now I can spend all my time doing art. I love nature and color. Whenever I saw a beautiful landscape, it triggered my mind to keep it with the same colors and the same shapes. However, in completely different abstract way that will look like it is unique. I love walking in nature and I get a lot of energy from absorbing the beauty around me, which I want to transfer to the beauty on a canvas, in a sculpture, glass formation, or ceramics.
Appreciate the insights and wisdom. Before we dig deeper and ask you about the skills that matter and more, maybe you can tell our readers about yourself?
I am a Hollywood-based artist best known for my post modern abstract art and 3D sculptures. I paint and create sculptures in different arrays of materials and colors. One of my goals in life was to create a sculpture garden where I could express myself through art. My goal was to get a place where I could share my joy with other people and with other artists that can create their own sculptures here. It took me two years to find a house in Hollywood that was on two lots of land, I knew that I would use both lots for the sculpture garden and not to develop it. I wanted to develop a place for artists to express themselves in the same way I do. They could create art here and show their pieces in the Hollywood Sculpture Garden or ship their sculptures from anywhere to show here. By now, there are more than 60 artists who have shared their creations here. It is also a gallery that offers the opportunity to show and sell artwork. I have sculptures from Argentina, Italy, France, Chile, etc. We have more than 150 sculptures in the Hollywood Sculpture Garden. I enjoy mentoring other artists, seeing the satisfaction of their creations by seeing their art on the spot or being able to send the sculptures for the world to see.
If you had to pick three qualities that are most important to develop, which three would you say matter most?
My philosophy in life is what helped me to overcome any obstacles that I had in my journey to achieve my goal. I always had a goal in my life, however I knew that if something didn’t work out or I didn’t succeed in it, not to let it stand in my way. I had a goal that I stuck to but I was never attached to the results, even if I didn’t succeed in certain things, I didn’t take it to my heart and continued in the pursuit of what I wanted to create. I knew always that the world is telling me in which direction to go and I was the creator.
As we end our chat, is there a book you can leave people with that’s been meaningful to you and your development?
Krishnamurti influenced me the most in my life. I read a lot of his books, including The First and Last Freedom, and learned from him to accept the world the way it is and not to take anything to my heart. The best friend of my mother Urushla from Australia pressured me to read him and to go to Ojai to his center and it was the best thing in my life. It helped me to deal with every ordeal or problem that I had. As Krishnamurti said, once you learn to deal completely with your problems, you will be dead. And I was afraid that I was mastering his philosophy and soon I would die. Later on I realized that it would take me hundreds of years to learn everything that he taught.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.hollywoodsculpturegarden.com
- Instagram: @Thehollywoodsculpturegarden
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/artistrobbyramigordon
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn7bnAvxX4AeoSl18Tir2Fg
- Other: https://www.facebook.com/thehollywoodsculpturegarden
