Robert
Ray Young was born in Laramie, Wyoming on December 30, 1959. He grew up
in Powell, Wyoming, a small college and farming community located within
sight of the eastern entrance of Yellowstone National Park. Bob spent
many hours hunting and fishing throughout the state of Wyoming with his
twin brother.
Bob has worked as a trapper, mined uranium and as part of a seismic crew in Wyoming, New Mexico, Nevada, and Montana. His interest in wildlife and the life of the cowboy continued all this time.
Bob now lives with his wife, Sally, and their three boys on a ranch in the southeast part of Montana bordering the Custer National Forest. It's a land of sandstone ridges, pine trees and grasslands. His Ranch covers 3500 acres, where autumn and spring trail drives are still common in this remote area of the West.
Winters in southeastern Montana can be harsh with the mercury often plunging
to -30 degrees F. During this comparatively quiet period on the ranch,
Bob sculpts his vignettes from the lives of ranch hands caught in everyday
life.
Whether the cowboys are leading a pack horse over a blind ridge where a bear waits or are eating a meal while the horse looks on, his lifelike sculptures bring these scenes of the old West to life. Whether it's a trout flashing in the sun, bull elk with clashing antlers or otters basking in the sun, all of Bob's sculptures create a special moment in time.
