By today's standards, Western sculptor Vic Payne has lived a sort of cowboy life himself. When he was ten, his family moved from Dallas to a ranch in Lincoln County, New Mexico, where his father... Read full biography
By today's standards, Western sculptor Vic Payne has lived a sort of cowboy life himself. When he was ten, his family moved from Dallas to a ranch in Lincoln County, New Mexico, where his father artist Ken Payne began painting full time after leaving a career as an airline and crop-dusting pilot.... Read full biography
By today's standards, Western sculptor Vic Payne has lived a sort of cowboy life himself. When he was ten, his family moved from Dallas to a ranch in Lincoln County, New Mexico, where his father artist Ken Payne began painting full time after leaving a career as an airline and crop-dusting pilot. Young Payne thought he'd died and gone to heaven. "All of a sudden we had horses and cows. We were forty miles from anyone. Those were the fondest days of my life no troubles in life. My dad was... Read full biography
By today's standards, Western sculptor Vic Payne has lived a sort of cowboy life himself. When he was ten, his family moved from Dallas to a ranch in Lincoln County, New Mexico, where his father artist Ken Payne began painting full time after leaving a career as an airline and crop-dusting pilot. Young Payne thought he'd died and gone to heaven. "All of a sudden we had horses and cows. We were forty miles from anyone. Those were the fondest days of my life no troubles in life. My dad was painting. He had this little adobe studio, and he had his library there; I'd go in there and read Will James' book and look at pictures of paintings by Charles Russell and Frederic Remington. We didn't have a TV; there wasn't much else to do.". Not long... Read full biography
By today's standards, Western sculptor Vic Payne has lived a sort of cowboy life himself. When he was ten, his family moved from Dallas to a ranch in Lincoln County, New Mexico, where his father artist Ken Payne began painting full time after leaving a career as an airline and crop-dusting pilot. Young Payne thought he'd died and gone to heaven. "All of a sudden we had horses and cows. We were forty miles from anyone. Those were the fondest days of my life no troubles in life. My dad was painting. He had this little adobe studio, and he had his library there; I'd go in there and read Will James' book and look at pictures of paintings by Charles Russell and Frederic Remington. We didn't have a TV; there wasn't much else to do.". Not long before Payne left home, his father began sculpting western figures to be cast in bronze. That inspired Payne to try his own hand at sculptur... Read full biography
Vic Payne - Artist Info
About Vic Payne: Books
Books & Publications (2)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Art of the West Guidebook of Western Artists 2001 Edition