The Union-Tribune in San Diego, CA reported on June 28th the accomplishments of Gary Mayers who sculpts works of art in his studios from wood, marble, metal, stone and resin. Mayers, 46, has always known since high school that he would “do the art and sculpture for other people to enjoy”. Mayer’s work is displayed at the Lillian Berkley Collection in Escondido, CA. He sold his first piece in 1984 through a gallery in 1984. It was a bronze piece resembling a fish called ‘Fossil’. He says some of his sculpture pieces takes as long as a year. A four-foot long replica of his 10-inch piece ‘Form’ has been commissioned by Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C.
Mayers will oversee construction which will be completed by a foundry in Monterey, CA. Mayers’ work has also been purchased by the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, NY, the UCLA Medical Center and the Palm Springs Desert Museum as well as private collections and museums throughout the world. Mayers also plays tennis, fencing and likes to go fishing. He travels around the world looking for ideas. “I enjoy seeing the different artwork created by different cultures. It gives me a global perspective of art and people”, he says. He hopes to visit islands of the South Pacific and New Zealand on his next trip.
