Figurative Sculpture by Lawrence "Bud" Mayes
Bronze Castings

The Falconer

	Danger on the Mogollon Run
Bear Dancer	Elk Clan	Will Never Forget

Meet Bud Mayes:

"I began sculpting when, one day, I was asked by a Gallery owner if I could sculpt. (He was shopping at an Art supply store where I was working). I said sure, and it went from there. I had never sculpted before, so I owe that gentleman my start. I trained myself to sculpt. God gave me the talent to do it and it turned out well."

"I was introduced to Fritz White, my personal favorite, who had a foundry in Denver. There I learned to sculpt originals, how to mold them, and how to cast them in bronze. Later we had all our work cast by Art Castings of Colorado in Loveland (before they became pretty famous as a foundry). At that time of my life I did Western Art. It was all the rage back then."

"After I moved to New Mexico it was not long before I became interested in doing sculpts of American Indians. It was not long before I gravitated to the spiritual cultures within the tribes. Most of my last bronzes were depictions of that deeper part of Native Americans".

"Over the years my work has always been in the human form. I find it intriguing and endlessly fascinating. When I was introduced to Artdoll making I was at first doubtful. Hey, I'd been doing a lot of what I now call Macho Stuff. But Artdolls, be they Dolls, Fantasy Figures, Fairies etc, It is a rewarding area for figure sculptors."

Art teachers who would like to contact Bud with questions about his work may email him.