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Artist and storyteller, Bob Stayton captures the American
wilderness and the magic of the west in bronze sculpture. His
sculptural portrayals are of personal experiences with the people
and animals depicted and each is a story cast in bronze.
Bob, of Welsh-Irish and Cherokee decent, was raised on a small
farm in the eastern foothills of the Rocky Mountains. His life
was filled with the adventures a young boy can easily find in
"Charley Russell country."
Bob started his formal art training at the age of six under
the guidance of a private art teacher. Drawing and watercolors
of the scenery, wildlife and farm animals were the subjects of
his beginning years. Horses dominated Bob's life and he became
an accomplished rider at an early age. He spent his pre-teen
and teen years in the remote Centennial Valley working as a ranch
hand and honing his riding skills. Bob enjoyed storing the mental
images of the ranch stock, wild animals and scenery while moving
the herd.
A serious riding accident ended his intended career as a professional
jockey. Unable to continue riding, Bob headed for college and
earned a bachelor of science degree from Montana State University,
Design, (Industrial, Architectural, and Commercial) was the course
of study and he graduated with a design and art education major.
Since graduation, Bob has had both an enjoyable and successful
career as a teacher, industrial designer, and many years as an
interior business-commercial designer and holds an I.B.D.
Throughout his life, Bob has maintained his ties with his
native Montana and has chosen to stay close to his early roots
in the "Big Sky Country." In 1980, with three sons
well into their own careers, he chose to pursue his fine art
career full time where he spends a great deal of time personally
overseeing the production of his sculptures.
The influence of his early encounters with nature, combined
with his heritage of Celtic boldness and American Indian sensitivity,
form the foundation upon which Bob's works are based. Bob's sculptures
are imbued with a unique blend of form, balance, rhythm. color
and style that brings to life the clear, primitive beauty of
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