The Sculptures of Douglas and Meghan Taylor-Gebler:     Pick a word to describe a work of art that moves you: beautiful, wondrous, amazing, phenomenal, exquisite.     Now pick a word to describe why a particular work of art makes you feel that way: power, grace, timelessness, detail, light, movement.     Those words and many more aptly describe both the work of art and the feeling when viewing the figure skating bronze sculptures of Douglas and Meghan Taylor-Gebler.     The work represents more than a decade of artistic achievement in recreating in bronze the power, grace and motion inherent in figure skating and in the skaters themselves.     Here are names like Kristi Yamaguchi, Paul Wylie, Artur Dmitriev and Natalia Mishkutenok, Nicole Bobek, Renee Roca and Gosha Sur, and Caria Schuiz. Some Olympic medalists. Some World champions. Some U.S. National champions. They are all here.     Capturing the always elusive movement that defines a skater and then transferring that beauty, athleticism and form into metal, ever cognizant of its constant movement, is a rare talent and commitment to an artistry that speaks of classic training and true craftsmanship.     The end result of the Taylor-Geblers' work always speaks for itself, in its minute attention to detail, worked and reworked to capture the magic of a skating instant, and thus creating works of art that will last for generations.     Such art is not mass-produced. Each is created individually and at a pace that calls for time-honored traditions to ensure that each work communicates its unique message, be it in the angle of a skate blade, the arch in a skater's back or the sheer power of a vertical jump.     Like the skaters themselves, the sculptors have studied, trained and learned about what it takes to achieve a level of success in their art. In a different way, they, too, have worked on a particular spin, jump, glide or arch time and time again until they have gotten it just exactly right, never forgetting their goal of paying honor to the truthfulness and integrity of the skater.     Working closely and one-on-one with skaters, coaches, choreographers, family members and others, and through the kind assistance of managers and personnel at ice skating arenas throughout the U.S., the Taylor-Geblers have created lasting imagery that evokes romance, drama, athleticism and elegance. If a true-to-life mirror exists to capture this expression of human passions that one senses and experiences in figure skating, these sculptures are that mirror of timelessness and ever-moving beauty.                                       -Owen E. Sheeran