Bernard Londin is a multifaceted man. Lawyer, gardener, sculptor ... He became a sculptor at the age of 40, after using a mallot and chisel to chip away thick layers of paint from the fireplace wall in his home to expose the brick. Finding the activity totally gratifying, he then applied the same technique to a piece of wood from a tree trunk, chipping away until his first piece of sculpture emerged from it. He named it, “Holding On Barely.”

Shortly thereafter, Londin submitted a slide of his first sculpture to a juried art exhibit held in the lobby of the Bronx Supreme Courthouse. “Holding On Barely” was selected to be shown, and thus the sculptor, Bernard Londin was launched. An outporing of representational wood sculpture followed, inspired by what was familiar ... his family, pets and personal introspection.

Londin’s foray into stone carving took him to ”The New School” in Manhattan where he joined a group called, “Sculptors in Marble” under the tutelage of his mentor, the sculptor, Philip Pavia. This cohesive group of artists sculpted and exhibited together for many years, and forged some extended family lifetime friendships.

Londin visited with Pavia in Pietrasanta, Italy several times where he was shown the foundries, and the mountains in Carrara from which his favorite marble is extracted. Since his retirement however, most of his later pieces have been sculpted in wood at his home.

Today, when the weather is good, Londin can be seen (and heard) tap, tap, taping away on a piece of wood in his garage studio, grateful for the cadence of the mallot and chisel that has permeated his soul and released a flood of creativity for the past half century.