THE INNATE ABILITY THAT WON HIM HIS FIRST ACCLAIM - an award in an adult exhibition at the age of six - has grown in the intervening years into a prodigious talent. The chronology of Desmond Fountain's successes, especially in recent years, is too numerous to detail here. Suffice it is to say that his work has achieved international stature and is purchased by many notable collectors around the world. His inspired bronze monument, one-and-a-half times life size, of Bermuda's founding father, Sir George Somers, was unveiled by HRH Princess Margaret in 1984, and attracts upward of half-a-million admirers a year; but the majority of Fountain's works enjoy rather more intimate habitats in keeping with their varied scales. He has several major shows in London, and exhibits regularly on both sides of the Atlantic, as well as Bermuda. His specialised knowledge is also sought after as an international consultant. In 1982 he founded The Bermuda Fine Art Trust, through which The Bermuda National Gallery was established at City Hall in Hamilton. In recognition of his achievements, Fountain was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of British Sculptors. Fountain's sculptures are cast in limited editions of nine. It is not uncommon that such editions sell out within a week of their release. Continued ->