Education
He graduated Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University in 1984 with a doctorate in veterinary medicine. He studied sculpture throughout Italy focusing on Florence, Venice and Rome.
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Scott Myers
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Sculpting in Tuscany, he cast his work in bronze at the prestigious Fonderia d"Arte Massimo Delegate Chiaro in Pietrasanta. On February 12, 2011, Myers was featured in the popular television show Texas Country Reporter. Myers was inducted in the inaugural class of the Haltom City High School Hall of Fame on March 10, 2011.
Myers is best known for sculpting busts for the Pro Football Hall of Fame, including Chris Doleman, Chris Hanburger, Rickey Jackson, Russian Grimm, Bob Hayes, Randall McDaniel, Fred Dean, Emmitt Thomas, Bruce Matthews, Rayfield Wright, Elvin Bethea, Curley Culp, Claude Humphrey and Charles Haley.
Myers" paintings focus mostly on ranch life and western landscapes, with horses and cowboys figuring prominently in his subject matter. His paintings combine bold color with a Monet-like layering of color and texture that makes him unique in the western art genre.
Achievements
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Panhandle-Plains Invitational Western Art Show – Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum – Canyon, Texas 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Mountain Oyster Club Annual Contemporary Western Art Show – Tucson, Arizona 2004, 2005, 2006 “Memories In Bronze”, one-man exhibition, Clyde H. Wells Fine Arts Center Gallery, Tarleton State University – Stephenville, Texas “Gallery Night Under the Stars”, Schaefer Art Bronze Foundry – Arlington, Texas One-man Sculpture Exhibition, Soderberg/Stevenson Sculpture Gallery – Sedona, Arizona Voted "Best of the Hall of Fame" by Sports Illustrated for the bust of Bruce Matthews in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Conservatory Art Patrons Purchase Award and Silver Medal for oil paintingFor oil painting "Tanner"s Pride" at the 2005 Conservatory Art Classic, Clifton, Texas Joyce and Eliot Liskin Foundation Award – 1994 Young Sculptors Award sponsored by National Sculpture Society, New York First Place Sculpture Award – Foreign sculpture “Cuttin’ Loose” at 1995 “Strokes of Genius”, SAS Competition, Scottsdale, Arizona James Boren Artist’s Choice Award for sculpture “Serenity” at 1993 8th Annual Bosque Conservatory of Fine Arts Competition.
Membership
In 1994, Myers became an elected member of the National Sculpture Society.
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Voted "Best of the Hall of Fame" by Sports Illustrated for the bust of Bruce Matthews in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Conservatory Art Patrons Purchase Award and Silver Medal for oil painting- For oil painting "Tanner's Pride" at the 2005 Conservatory Art Classic, Clifton, Texas Joyce and Eliot Liskin Foundation Award – 1994 Young Sculptors Award sponsored by National Sculpture Society, New York First Place Sculpture Award – For sculpture “Cuttin’ Loose” at 1995 “Strokes of Genius”, SAS Competition, Scottsdale, Arizona James Boren Artist’s Choice Award for sculpture “Serenity” at 1993 8th Annual Bosque Conservatory of Fine Arts CompetitionVoted "Best of the Hall of Fame" by Sports Illustrated for the bust of Bruce Matthews in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Conservatory Art Patrons Purchase Award and Silver Medal for oil painting- For oil painting "Tanner's Pride" at the 2005 Conservatory Art Classic, Clifton, Texas Joyce and Eliot Liskin Foundation Award – 1994 Young Sculptors Award sponsored by National Sculpture Society, New York First Place Sculpture Award – For sculpture “Cuttin’ Loose” at 1995 “Strokes of Genius”, SAS Competition, Scottsdale, Arizona James Boren Artist’s Choice Award for sculpture “Serenity” at 1993 8th Annual Bosque Conservatory of Fine Arts Competition