Scott Rogers
The Legacy Gallery
“The feelings I portray I’ve had all my life. I remember fondly the hours, spent as a youth, reading of renegades, outlaws, of wild men and horses, ferocity, passion, cunning, honor, loneliness, fear and freedom. I enjoy depicting men and woman, who unknowingly, found themselves in historical settings requiring courage, who played a role in something larger than themselves.”
“My desire is to use art as a vehicle to inspire others to see the beauty of all life.”
-Scott Rogers
Scott Rogers ~ Sculptor
b. 1961 Mesa, Arizona – Lives in Logan, Utah
History and art course through the veins of David “Scott” Rogers, a sculptor of thirty-two years. John Rogers, his Great Grandfather died as a martyr, burned at the stake in 1555, for translating and printing one of the first English Bibles. Two of his relatives, Thomas Rogers & Samuel Fuller, signed the Mayflower Compact, Plymouth 1620. His great, great grandfather, Henry Clay Rogers, was part of the expedition that settled Lehi, Arizona, in 1877 (now present day Mesa - the very town Scott was born). His Uncle, Grant Speed, was a renowned artist in western art.
Some quotes that have been overheard about Scott’s work: “He sculpts on the edge and gets away with it”. “Within his work, I see perfection in the chaos”. “The presence of his work is larger than the physical confines of the sculpture itself”. “His sculptures breathe.”
Scott has mentioned, “I sculpt for my art to be an instant conduit to a rich body of knowledge, anatomy, feelings, history, period customs and lore, all the while holding to traditional artistic values. I sculpt with the intention of my work lifting the spirit, assisting one to reach out for that which is good in life, inspiring one to feel better about themselves and their fellowmen. I want to compel a viewer to be an active participant in the event or time portrayed.”
As a youth, Scott was not drawn to creating art, however, it gives insight into his present artistic outlook on life to learn of a few experiences he had at a young age. At twelve years old, he gave mouth to mouth to a drowned boy, “witnessing first hand…life returning”. In becoming an Eagle Scout, Scott swam for miles, camped in snow, ran raging rivers in canoes and in Wyoming’s Windriver Mountains, at 12,000 ft elevation, found himself caught in a lightning storm. At the age of sixteen, Scott won a Golden Gloves boxing championship (mix in a few street fights as well). He played football, participated in track and field, rode bulls in rodeos throughout Texas and Oklahoma and acted and sang in plays. Scott picked pineapples in the fields of Lanai (Hawaii), trapped and skinned scores of animals, was selected as a principle nominee to attend the Naval Academy (suffering a broken back from bull riding prevented him from attending), and worked a rock crusher in an Alaskan gold mine. All of these experiences add to the authenticity and believability people see and feel in the sculptures he creates. Look closely at an artist’s work, for when you do you’re actually seeing a self-portrait of the emotional fingerprints left by its creator.
Canyon Winds
9.5" x 10.25" x 3"
Edition of 30
$2,000
Bison
4.5" x 7.25" x 2.5"
Edition of 75
$700
Forever the Hunter
5.5" x 7.5" x 5"
Edition of 75
$950
Coyote
5.25" x 7" x 2.5"
Edition of 75 $750
Shire
5.5 " x 8.5" x 3.5"
Edition of 50
$1,200
Shade is Where You Find It
5.5" x 5.25" x 4"
Edition of 50
$1,100
The Old Warrior
6" x 11" x 6"
Edition of 30
$2,600
Not All Horses are Pampered (bust)
6" x 3.5" x 3.5"
Edition of 50
$600
Julie
9" High Edition of 30
$3,300
Her Hands Know the Old Ways
12" x 9.5" x 9.5"
Edition of 30
$3,600
With My Books Battalioned Around Me
11"x 8.5" x 9"
Edition of 30
$3,200
11.5" x 8.5" x 9.5"
Edition of 30
$3,200
$1,600
"The End of My Trail? Who Knows, Who Knows!"
12.5"
Edition
$3,800
14"
Edition
$3,600
A Night in Juarez
16" x 25" x 15"
Edition of 30
$8,500
Base Ball, circa 1890
19" x 32" x 11"
Edition of 50
$18,000
All Her Chicks
19" x 12" x 10"
Edition of 30
$4,400
Belle of the Rodeo
15.5" x 5" x 5"
Edition of 30
$3,300
American Cowboy
24.5" x 22" x 9.5"
Edition of 30
$7,200
Sure! There were men who worked cattle for decades, if not centuries, before Charlie Goodnight and numerous other drovers crossed the Concho, the Wichita, the Red River, to ‘head beeves north’. Mexican vaqueros knew more about roping, branding and riding, generations prior to the iconic ‘American Cowboy’ of yesteryear. That said, the ‘American Cowboy’ did quickly evolve into his own unique living archetype of brashness, moxie, language, etiquette and personal codes to live by. I find it amazing that the heyday of the ‘cow men’ (how they truly liked to be referred as) lasted a brief twenty years, and yet their impact still defines a lasting image and identity of an entire nation.
Throughout my life, when an image of the ‘Oval Office’ would be shown in either photos, magazines, or movies, I’d often see a sculpture(s) as part of the decor. Be it a bust of Abraham Lincoln or Frederic Remington’s “Bronco Buster”, I was always moved by the imagery. After I’d been sculpting a few years, I had a feeling come over me, “I want to sculpt a piece that would be worthy of being on display in the office of The President of the United States. After twenty-five years as a sculptor, “American Cowboy” may be ‘that’ piece.
18" x 13" x 12"
Edition of 30
$3,800
11.75" x 19" x 10"
Edition of 30
$4,800
Cochiti
22.5" x 6.75" x 6.75"
Edition of 30
$3,800
Chiricahua Apache (Maquette)
23" x 12.5" x 14"
Edition of 30
$7,600
23" x 29" x 16" Edition
$7,400
45" x 36" x 27"
$16,000
Celebrating a Life
19" x 19" x 10"
Edition of 30
$7,400
When the Law had Rough Edges
22" x 13" x 12"
Edition of 30
$6,600
$5,400
California Argonaut 23" x 9.5" x 8.5"
Edition of 30 $6,800
ARGONAUT:
“A person in quest of something dangerous but rewarding, an adventurer.”
Never was a word used more appropriately, than in the context of pioneers and seekers of gold, who left comforts of hearth and home, often wife and children, to brave a 3,000 mile trek on foot or a 14,000 mile sea voyage around Cape Horn, only to reach a long sought destination to face privation, austere living, loneliness and thieves, often at the cost of their lives.
I love to ponder moments of ‘realization’….. when one knows that everything, from that point forward is different. When all the world goes quiet and an internal stillness washes over them. It is often the briefest of moments before an internal dialogue takes over, and then comes the question, “Now what?”
(NOTE: There is a real gold nugget in between his fingers and six to seven gold flakes in the gold pan / value of gold ranges from $800-$1,000)
Deer Dancer
22" x 10" x 11"
Edition of 30
$4,800
Dog Soldier
21" x 12" x 14"
Edition of 30
$5,400
Never Bested
18" x 9" x 6.5"
Edition of 30 $3,300
Not All Horses are Pampered (full horse)
11" x 11.5" x 3.5"
Edition of 30
$2,200
Hashknife Pony Express (maquette)
19" x 30.5" x 9.5"
Edition of 30
$11,500
Kewa Corn Maiden
26" x 13" x 11"
Edition of 30
$4,800
Hombre de Palabra (maquette)
(Man of His Word)
17.5" x 8" x 9"
Edition of 30
$3,600
En Busqueda del Renegado
(In Search of the Renegade)
15" x 13" x 6"
Edition of 30
$4,200
They Put the Wild in the West
23" x 19" x 11"
Edition of 30
$6,400
The Pony Express 1860 - 1861 20" x 23" x 10" Edition of 30 $6,400
The Pony Express is truly one of those iconic western subjects that surpasses images and goes instantly into feeling. It’s essence is “Americana”: part youthful adventure, entrepreneurship, death defying rides and mystery. It holds the loneliness of the solitary rider playing part in a continental landscape of events larger than himself. It brings under its umbrella braving the elements, encounters with Indians and of a young man trying to make his way in the world, with what may be his only talent....being a damn good rider.
12" x 21" x 10"
Edition of 30
$5,200
20" x 16" x 18"
Edition of 30
$8,800
From Out of the Badlands
23" x 18" x 11"
$7,500
The Jury is Out
17" x 25" x 21"
Edition of 30
$18,000
Odds are Against Him
12" x 21" x 11"
Edition of 30
$5,200
Rescue
25" x 15" x 20"
Edition of 30
$6,500
Legend 23" x 13" x 13"
Edition of 30
$4,800
Speaker of Wisdom
13" x 7" x 9"
Edition of 30
$2,600
The Wedding Blanket
20" x 13.5" x 9.75"
Edition of 30
$5,600
The Healing Drum
14.5" x 14" x 11"
Edition of 30
$4,400
Prairie Fire
18" x 11" x 8"
Edition of 30
$4,200
Not Even A Whisper
15" x 30" x 15" Edition of 30 $8,000
Every sense is heightened as these men make their way into the water to escape. The safety of their crossing is not assured; but the odds seem to favor it. Rather than facing the band of Indians over the crest of the ridge, they’ll take their chances against the river . One of the men has already been wounded in the shoulder. So much is against them – If their powder gets wet, disaster. If they are caught mid-stream (out in the open) they’re dead. It’s unspoken, but each man knows a whisper could kill them all.
Have you ever faced a life or death situation? Afterwards – water tastes sweeter, the air is fresher, sounds are more lovely. How often do words get in the way when life is truly being tasted?
$12,000
18.5"
$12,000
17" x 37" x 22"
Edition of 50
$24,000
Pushin’ Through a Drought
23" x 36.5" x 9"
Edition of 30
$11,500
Hombre de Palabra
70" x 40" x 33" Edition of 15
$39,000
Firstborn 32" High Edition of 30
$8,400
Cheyenne to Deadwood 24" x 48" x 24" Edition of 30 $24,000
With this sculpture I explore the unique relationships people ‘out west’ found themselves in while traveling. I put in the forefront of people’s minds the host of personalities that mingled west of the Mississippi. Represented are the immigrant stationmaster and his hired hands, the stable bum with a broke leg. There is a Chinaman and a stoic Indian. I show a family with children, a soldier and a cowboy. Front and center is a woman who finds herself in new surroundings (out of place and not really knowing what she’s got herself into). I depict the old coot and a flea bitten dog that lives off of scraps. I set this piece within the backdrop of a stagecoach, all being overlooked upon by the weathered man riding shotgun.
Football, circa 1890
20.5" x 34" x 12"
Edition of 50 $18,000
$20,000.00 (multi-colored patina)
$39,000
6' 11" x 4' 2" x 4' 2"
Edition
$68,000
Pendleton 1921
79" x 28" x 26.5"
Edition of 8
$39,000
Beginning around 1895, through the mid1930’s, women competed in rodeos across the nation. They participated in calf-roping, bronc and steer riding, bull dogging, and trick riding. Some were expert in firearms and gave demonstrations (i.e. Annie Oakley).
During the 1920’s there was an outfit called THE PENDLETON DRUG COMPANY. They sponsored a number of these professional cowgirls. They had photographers take pictures and placed these images on postcards, calendars, and other promotional material. The gals sponsored by the Pendleton Drug Company were often referred to as “THE PENDLETON GIRLS’’. In sculpting this piece, I desired to depict a young woman about to compete at the Pendleton Roundup in 1921.
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Football, circa 1890
7'4" x 11' 11.5" x 4' 6"
Edition of 10
$480,000
Each January, since 1958, the old west is brought to life as an elite group of riders thunder through Arizona. This event is the oldest officially sanctioned Pony Express in the world. Each rider is sworn in as an honorary mail messenger braving weather, terrain and modern-day obstacles to deliver the United States mail. Beginning in historic Holbrook, the horseback mail route covers over 200 miles from the majestic Mogollon Rim through the wilderness of the Mazatzal range to the desert city of Scottsdale. The Hashknife outfit has the longest contract with the U.S. Postal Service and annually delivers around 20,000 pieces of first class mail bearing the valued “Via Pony Express” cachet, which is hand-stamped by the riders before the start of each ride.
Trail
