Confirming that nearly 95 percent of his imagery celebrates the historical West, it’s obvious that sculptor David “Scott” Rogers could not have chosen a more appropriate location than Paradise, Utah, just 30 miles south of the Idaho border, in which to build his new studio. Surrounded on all four sides by mountains, the town of some 950 residents is situated in the Cache Valley, so named because it was a secluded area, where early mountain men “cached” their pelts in anticipation of the spring trading season.

Scott Rogers

The Wrangler

Scott Rogers

The Trooper