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“AT NIGHT….MOTHER READ THE BIBLE”

It only seems natural that folks adventuring into the western parts of the North American continent, during the 18th and 19th centuries, would take time to acknowledge a divine source.  With this piece, I depict a young family, traveling by wagon, taking an evening’s respite to be together and read the ‘Good Book’. 

I love, ‘re-boot’. We do it with computers, why not with ourselves, family, and businesses?  I was raised in a family that prayed most mornings and nights….we all took turns…even the youngest at 3-4 years of age offered up words of supplication. Setting the tone….how important is it? Be it in a business meeting, family outing, or sporting event, the spirit, energy, the tone is huge for success (why do sports teams win more games in their home stadium? The tone set by the fans).  I love how a gathering of the Boy Scouts of America often begins by saying the scout oath, law, and motto. Along these lines: My wife put up a sign in our residence that one can read before they walk through the garage door, “Be responsible for the energy you bring into this home”.

SCOTT ROGERS

Scott Rogers’ love affair with bronze began when he bought a bronze sculpture from his uncle, Grant Speed. Six months later in October of 1990, he came home from work one day, looked at that bronze, and said, “I can do that”. He sought counsel at the hands of master teachers, Fritz White CA, Stanley Bleifeld, Herb Mignery CA, Mehl Lawson CA and Grant Speed CA.

“My desire is to use art as a vehicle to inspire mankind to see the beauty of life. Artists are prone to leave emotional fingerprints all over their work; hence, what you’ll be seeing, in a way, are self-portraits. I love how shape, line, and form communicate. Every line has a spirit and speaks volumes. Put a lump of clay in my hands and a short while later you’ll know exactly how I feel and physically see my soul. I am finding that the key to life is to develop eyes to see what is really ‘there’.”

Scott Rogers loves what he does and portraying the Old West. “I remember, fondly, the hours spent as a youth reading of renegades, rebels, rogues, outlaws, wild men and horses, ferocity, passion, power, cunning, independence, honor, loneliness, fear, rage, courage and freedom. These words worked their way into my soul and now find expression through my fingers in clay. The “West” was about men and women who had the courage, who were part of something bigger than themselves. I find great pleasure in doing these people justice by creating a fair portrayal of their characters.”

“I sculpt feelings and not reality. In fact, to me, the words sculpture and feelings are synonymous. I love it when someone says, after viewing one of my pieces, ‘I can feel the bullet hitting him, I feel like I’m on the back of the bucking horse’ or ‘I can hear the roar of the stampede.’ I know art uplifts the spirit, it makes one want to be better, to feel good about themselves and their fellow man, to reach out for that which is good in life. It’s my wish that you experience some of what I feel through my art.”