Education
Young studied under well-known South Carolina artists Emery Bopp, Darell Koons, and Carl Blair as well as the sculptor and restoration artist Adrianus Van Der Staak.
Young studied under well-known South Carolina artists Emery Bopp, Darell Koons, and Carl Blair as well as the sculptor and restoration artist Adrianus Van Der Staak.
He lives in South Carolina, United States. Young has lived in North or South Carolina since 1973 and moved to Greenville, South Carolina in 1992. The "Shoeless" Joe Jackson statue was unveiled on July 13, 2002.
Young"s other life size works include:
Gethsemane a commissioned work for North Greenville University in Tigerville, South Carolina
The Patriot for J. L. Mann High School
Della Gillette commissioned by Pi Beta Phi to commemorate the Pi Beta Phi settlement school in Gatlinburg, Tennessee.