I'm high above Lake Geneva at the 5-star Le Mirador Resort & Spa on a warm but overcast day.
As mentioned before, many years ago I spent six years cycling around the United States visiting the headquarters of over 1000 of the world's biggest corporations and writing stories about it. This was followed by a four year trek around the world and a dozen years cycling around Europe doing the same.
It was during these travels that I became a big, big fan of artist Seward Johnson (1930-2020). Johnson was the grandson of Robert Wood Johnson, co-founder of Johnson & Johnson, the healthcare giant.
Amongst his many works Johnson designed over 350 life-size painted bronze statues--using castings of living people. During my travels I would come across his sculptures and they were simply amazing--so life-like.
I was so impressed I ended up writing a fan letter to him in New Jersey. Several weeks later I received a coffee table book containing pictures of his works.
Many of his works are displayed in public spaces or on the grounds of corporate headquarters. Prices range from $10,000 to over one million dollars. At one point I thought it would be fun to see how many of his works I could visit. However, many are in private hands and that idea was squashed.
The Le Mirador Resort has five of Johnson's sculptures placed around the property.
