Scott R. Shaffer
Colorado native. Born, Littleton, Colorado 1963. Resides, Grand Junction, Colorado.
Bachelors degree in Natural Sciences, Mesa State College, Grand Junction, CO, 1986; began sculpting, 1987; made transition to full-time sculptor, 1994.
Prior to 1995 exhibited work predominately in regional exhibits, including the Loveland Sculpture International and Loveland Sculpture in the Park. Additional exhibits include the Mystic International, Mystic, CT; Nature Works Wildlife Art Show, Tulsa, OK; and the Reflections of Nature Wildlife Art Show, Fallbrook, CA.
Life-size Public Placements
2007 Commission - Nature Works, Tulsa, OK - American Alligator
Commission - Private party, Aspen, CO – Black Bear Cub
2006 Purchase - City of Edmond, OK – Brown Pelican
2004 Commission – Private party, Durango, Colorado – Family memorial
2003 Purchase - University of Florida – Three American Alligators
Purchase – City of Sumter, SC – Mute Swan
2002
Purchase -
Loveland Sculpture Group for donation to the City of Loveland, CO - Brown
Pelican
2001
Commission - Private party, Pebble Beach, CA – Three
California Sea Otters
2000 Commission - City of Texas City, TX - White Pelican
Purchase - Private party for donation to the City of Fallbrook, CA
– Mute Swan
1999 Commission - Orange County Regional History Center, Orlando FL – Historical figure Bunk Baxter and three American Alligators
Commission - City of Texas City, TX – Brown Pelican
1998
Purchase - Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, FL – Great
Blue Heron
Purchase - Private party for donation to Mesa State College, Grand
Junction, CO – Great Blue Heron
Purchase - City of Texas City, Texas – Great Blue Heron
1997
Purchase - Gator Booster Club for installation at University of
Florida’s Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, Gainesville, FL – American Alligator
Purchase - Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Florida –
American Alligator
Commission - Littleton Historical Museum, Littleton, Colorado –
Mute Swan
Honors and Awards
Rocky Mountain PBS - Profiled in series Western Bounty, 2002-2003
One-man Exhibit - Western Colorado Center for the Arts, 2002
Best of Show -2000 Qwest Arts Expo.
Featured Artist - 1999 Reflections of Nature Wildlife Art Show
Work selected four consecutive years for inclusion in the Cypress Gardens Wildlife Sculpture Series, a year-long exhibit depicting threatened and endangered wildlife.
Featured in the Jan/Feb 1999 edition of Wildlife Art Magazine, in an article on creativity entitled, “The Prize of Humanity”.
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