From his earliest years, award winner Richard Myer (1927-2024) had an insatiable desire to create three-dimensional objects. He earned a B.F.A. degree from Brigham Young University. He returned to his native New York City and studied at the Art Students League and the Sculpture Center. He worked as an art director until moving to California where he began his professional career.

He did bronzes for the Tokyo Stock Exchange and the Disney Company. John Wayne’s bronze grave marker was sculpted by Richard. He was also commissioned to sculpt three bronze figures for a memorial park in Arlington Heights, Ill. He sculpted an eight-foot figure of Frank Miller, founder of Mission Inn at Riverside, CA. He also created four bronze figures which were placed in the L. A. Sheriff’s Department in San Dimas, CA. A well-seasoned and dedicated sculptor, he believed that knowledge, observance and practice were the basis of creativity.