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David McGary PUBLICATIONS
1958 Cody, Wyoming - 2013 Paradise Valley, Arizona. Known for: Indian figure sculpture.
An interpreter of Native American culture, especially male Indians in historical native dress, Dave McGary is a sculptor whose studio from 1981 has been in Ruidoso, New Mexico. He employs about... Read full biography
An interpreter of Native American culture, especially male Indians in historical native dress, Dave McGary is a sculptor whose studio from 1981 has been in Ruidoso, New Mexico. He employs about thirty artisans to complete the finishing work on his pieces that are cast at a variety of foundries. His... Read full biography
An interpreter of Native American culture, especially male Indians in historical native dress, Dave McGary is a sculptor whose studio from 1981 has been in Ruidoso, New Mexico. He employs about thirty artisans to complete the finishing work on his pieces that are cast at a variety of foundries. His work is highly detailed, sometimes with several-hundred pieces welded together, and combines paints with patinas. He begins by making a wire skeleton and builds from the muscles to the skin to the... Read full biography
An interpreter of Native American culture, especially male Indians in historical native dress, Dave McGary is a sculptor whose studio from 1981 has been in Ruidoso, New Mexico. He employs about thirty artisans to complete the finishing work on his pieces that are cast at a variety of foundries. His work is highly detailed, sometimes with several-hundred pieces welded together, and combines paints with patinas. He begins by making a wire skeleton and builds from the muscles to the skin to the clothing. He grew up on the family ranch at Cody, Wyoming, and in junior high began casting jewelry. As a teenager, he met his mentor, western sculptor Harry Jackson, who was then living in Caspar, Wyoming. McGary earned a grant to study bronze making... Read full biography
An interpreter of Native American culture, especially male Indians in historical native dress, Dave McGary is a sculptor whose studio from 1981 has been in Ruidoso, New Mexico. He employs about thirty artisans to complete the finishing work on his pieces that are cast at a variety of foundries. His work is highly detailed, sometimes with several-hundred pieces welded together, and combines paints with patinas. He begins by making a wire skeleton and builds from the muscles to the skin to the clothing. He grew up on the family ranch at Cody, Wyoming, and in junior high began casting jewelry. As a teenager, he met his mentor, western sculptor Harry Jackson, who was then living in Caspar, Wyoming. McGary earned a grant to study bronze making with Jackson in Italy where he spent two years studying, learning a variety of casting techniques and studying Renaissance marble carvin... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (11)
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Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesArt of the West Guidebook of Western Artists 2001 Edition
2001Editors, Art of the West88 pages (color)A Brush With Reality: Detailing the West in Contemporary Art Desert Caballeros Western Museum
1998
(Exhibition catalog)McGarry, Susan Hallsten58 pages (color)Red Book Price Guide-1997 Western American Art
1997Southwest Art128 pagesBuffalo Bill Art Show and Sale1996
1996
(Exhibition catalog)Buffalo Bill Historical Center128 pages (color)Denver Rotary Club's Artists of America: Fourteenth Annual
1994
(Exhibition catalog)Denver Rotary Club88 pages (color)The Red Book Western American Price Index
1993Southwest Art126 pagesMaster Index 1971-1993 Artists in Southwest Art
1993Southwest Art64 pagesDictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present
1984Opitz, Glenn B (editor)656 pagesContemporary Western Artists
1982Samuels, Peggy and Harold608 pages (color)