Richard Myer

The Bulletin Oct 9, 1986

A local ceramist's work of art, valued at $2,000, is now on display at San Dimas City Hall, a product of last springs annual Festival of Western Art.

"Big Red," a head and hat bust, is the fruit of 30 minutes of work at the "quick draw" contest held in San Dimas last April during the festival. Sculpture Richard Myer of Glendora, shaped a hunk of wet clay from a sitting done by anonymous man, now named "Big Red," the quintessential cowboy.

The Trail-Gazette May 22, 1985

Just as the Rooftop Rodeo Committee is busy with plans for the annual rodeo, the Fine Arts Guild of the Rockies is finalizing the lineup for its third annual Rooftop Rodeo Western Art Show.
Many talented and well-known artists from throughout the west are expected at the July 20 and 21 show in Bond Park.
Among those coming from California are Richard A. Myer and Marylou Slinkard, organizer Carol Ball noted.
Western bronzes are the specialty of Myer.

Tribune/News Extra 1985

They seem frozen in time, pieces of breathless bronze reality.
An eagle perches on a branch, elegantly scanning his territory for his next meal.
An Indian brave, mounted on horseback, extends his wrist above his shoulder and a hawk alights.
A comic-opera prospector regards with appropriate foreboding an approaching bear while his frightened pack animals rear and buck on the narrow, pine-studded trail.
The sculpture of Richard Myer captures a vision of nature and the American West which many buffs find highly desirable.