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“WILD HEARTS/RAGING WATERS”

Ever notice how people seek out others that are like themselves? I’ll take that a step further, ever notice how people seek out activities and places in nature that resemble themselves?” Why is it some are content sitting with the quietness of a mountain meadow and others want to climb up a half-mile mile cliff face – with no ropes? What churns in the deep recesses of those that run ‘raging rivers’? 

Why is it that certain men brave the uncertainty of new frontiers? There always seem to be those few who venture out and show what is possible. Be it in science (Werhner von Braun), sports (Rogers Bannister), business (Bill Gates) or photography (Edward S. Curtis).

Oft times, ventures require partners of like mind and spirit. There is always strength in numbers. Ever notice how the strength of a man and woman equally yoked, is greater than the sum of two individuals? 

In a partnership, strength lies in trusting the other – when each party recognizes the capable resoluteness in the other and is more than willing to let them have their head. With a horse, hold the reins too tight, for too long, they’ll turn fidgety…and not know what to trust.

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 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.”