Wednesday, December 23, 2009 12:40 PM

 

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ANCIENT OLYMPIANS
A Tribute to the Legacy of Ancient Greece and the Olympic Spirit.


Gold Medal Winner of the 2002 Cultural Olympiad Statewide Competition
Visions and Victories and the Olympic spirit
Bountiful/Davis Art Center Feb 15- Mar 29. 2002
"An Outstanding series of bronzes by painter Bryce Liston"-Vern Swanson

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"...a body capable of enduring all efforts, either of the racecourse or of bodily strenght...
This is why the athletes in the pentatalon are the most beautiful." -Aristotle

 

WRESTLERS

Wrestlers
The Gods Bestowed Upon This Man Sure Hands, Lithe Limbs, and a Brow of Power.

 

 
DISCUS

Discus
Man is But a Dream's Shadow
 
JAVELIN

Javelin
Adversity is Beginning of Wisdom
 

RUNNER

Runner
A City is Made of Men

 

 

 

 

JUMPER

Jumper
Know Thyself

 

 

 

 

 

...to "adhere to an ideal of a higher life, to strive for perfection."
- Pierre Fredy, Baron de Coubertin

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Wednesday, December 23, 2009 12:40 PM