Paul Rhymer
Paul Rhymer
Paul comes from a family of artists and has drawn and painted his whole life. After receiving an Associate of Arts degree from a local college in 1984, he accepted a job at the Smithsonian Institution doing taxidermy and model making and retired in 2010.
For the last 25 years he has created sculptures that convey his feelings and experiences of animals-and use them to express feelings about the world around him.
In 2023 Rhymer was named Birds in Art Master Wildlife Artist. He is a Fellow with the National Sculpture Society and a Distinguished Signature Member of the Society of Animal Artists.
Among his many public art installations are, the Briscoe
Western Art Museum; Smithsonian’s National
Zoo; Denver Zoo; NatureWorks Monuments,
Tulsa, Oklahoma; the City Park, Hagerstown,
Maryland; Washington County Museum of Fine Arts,
Hagerstown, Maryland; Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art
Museum; Shepard Park, Summerville, South Carolina;
and B.I.R.D.S. Project, Summerville, South Carolina.
Category
Sculptors