John E. Buck

He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Kansas City Art Institute in 1968, and in 1971, he studied at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Skowhegan, Maine.

In 1972, he received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of California, Davis.

Buck is best known for his woodblock prints (such as Father and Son) and bronze sculptures (such as The Archer) that are typically cast from molds taken from wooden maquettes.

[2][3] While studying at Davis, Buck met his wife, artist Deborah Butterfield.

Buck and Butterfield divide their time between a farm in Bozeman, Montana and studios on the island of Hawaii.

The Archer , patinated bronze sculpture by John E. Buck, 1991. As of 2019, this sculpture is on display at the Spalding House campus of the Honolulu Museum of Art [ 1 ]
Father and Son , color woodblock print on paper by John E. Buck, 1981, Smithsonian American Art Museum