Richard Myer

1970's

"My only problem is that it took me half a life-time to fulfill a dream of creating three-dimensional objects with my hands," says multi-talented Richard Myer. "In the early days, back East, I was caught up in teaching painting, sculpture, photography, and too many other things." But today, Richard is best known as one of the foremost contemporary sculptors of Indian life and western lore. He has found his mom and destiny in the awesome beauty of Glendora, California.

1976

Glendora- Richard Myer, sculptor, has been awarded first place for his bronze, “Wildfire,” at the “Salute to the American West” show which will be held through Feb 27th at the California Museum of Science and Industry in Los Angeles.

The exhibit is a Bicentennial tribute to the American West and contains art works by noted Western artists from across the United States.

The show is sponsored by the Women Artists of the American West.

San Diego Tribune April 4, 1978

The constant emergence of western can become extremely ho-hum. It gathers either its staunch advocates and followers or luke-warm observers. To the radical “connoisseurs” of art it is barely recognized.
And though the market does become saturated, even glutted, by Western depictions, there comes along a few works which demonstrate superb talent, skill in technique and knowledge of the medium.
The Old West is once again revived in an exhibit of paintings and sculpture which opened over the weekend at the A. Huney gallery in Hillcrest.