Career
She works in bronze, steel, cast stone, and other media and creates original sculpture by private, corporate, and institutional commission. Tucker-Frost is represented in the following major collections: The White House Oval Office (two terms, Reagan Administration), the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, The Smithsonian American History Museum, and The University of Texas at Austin. Her work has also been commissioned by the United States Department of the Treasury, United States. Department of Defense, United States. Army Corps of Engineers, United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing—Western Facility, the United States. Navy League.
By institutions such as Trammell Crow Company, Rosewood Corporation, Lincoln Property Company, Pilgrim"s Pride, Hyatt Hotels, Brown University, University of Texas, Southern Methodist University, and by many individuals for private collections.
In addition, she is also the artist for the reverse side of the United States. Treasury"s American Gold Eagle coin. Tucker-Frost has created public monuments such as the "Peace Through Strength Globe" for the entrance of the United States. Marshals" Headquarters, Army-Navy Drive, Crystal City, Virginia.
The A-A Ranch, Encampment, Wyoming. The "Founding Families Tribute" at the Crescent, Dallas, Texas. And the "Seal of the President" in stainless steel for the San Jacinto Tower, Dallas, Texas.
In her work, Miley Tucker-Frost continues to focus on patriotic, classical, and religious themes.
She portrays traditional American values in historic as well as futuristic artistic statements. Primarily a self-taught artist, Tucker-Frost produced her art from 1977 until 1996 in Dallas, when she moved to the Washington, District of Columbia, area to continue her work there.
Her original models are most often sculpted in her studio to actual scale in clay or wax and then cast in metal by the foundry lost wax method. She also has developed molds for casting through the digital enlargement of a maquette (by computer-aided manufacture).
