PROFESSION: Sculptor
PRESIDENT: Edward J. Fraughton, Inc.
PRESIDENT: TERRASTARR, Inc.
EDUCATION: University of Utah - B.F.A. and Graduate School, 1962
PERSONAL DATA: Born: Park City, Utah
Married: Dorothy Ann Stevenson
Children: Kristi, Ted, Michael, Amy
Hobbies: flying, computer programming,
Skiing, music, photography, public speaking
teaching, writing, inventing.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
National Sculpture Society
Utah Westerners
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EXHIBITED
Prix de West, Oklahoma City, OK 1994-2006
Sandy City Library, Sandy, Utah 1999
Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK 1993
The Whitehouse, Washington, DC 1980-1988
Scottsdale Rotary, Scottsdale, AZ 1986-1987
Loveland Chamber of Commerce, Loveland, CO 1981-1987
Museum of the Rockies, Bozeman, MT 1984
Cheyenne Frontier Days, Cheyenne, WY 1981-1988
Artists of America, Denver, CO 1981-1984,1988-1994
Biltmore Show, Los Angeles, CA 1981-1984
Western Art Classic, Crystal Bay, MS 1984
Western Heritage Sale, Plano, TX 1982-1983
International Platform Association, Washington, DC 1983
Legend and Legacy, Palm Beach, FL 1982
Western Art Exhibit, San Dimas, CA 1981
University of Utah Fine Arts Museum, SLC, UT 1980
Post Texas Boy's Ranch, Post, TX 1977
Stamford Foundation, Stamford, TX 1977
Grand Central Galleries, New York, NY 1976-1977
National Academy of Design, New York, NY 1976-1981
Haley Memorial Library, Midland, TX 1976-1985,1993
Whitney Museum, Cody, WY 1975
National Sculpture Society, New York, NY 1974-1984,1994
National Academy of Western Art, Oklahoma City, OK 1973-1993
AWARDS RECEIVED
2004 People's Choice Award, Prix de West, "Home is Where the Heart Is"
1993 Gold Medal, National Academy of Western Art, "The Candidate"
1992 Silver Medal, National Academy of Western Art, "The Taste of Honey"
1987 Gold Medal, National Academy of Western Art, "...One Nation..."
1985 "Greenwhich Workshop Award," Museum of the Rockies
1984 "Experience the West Award," Museum of the Rockies
1983 "Honors in the Arts Award," Salt Lake Area Chamber of Commerce
1981 "The Tallix Foundry Prize" National Sculpture Society, "Spirit of Man"
1981 "Artist of the West," San Dimas Festival of Western Arts.
1980 "Outstanding Utah Artist Award," Snowbird Institute
1979 "Lance International Prize," National Sculpture Society, "Waterlilies"
1979 "Ellin P. Speyer Prize," National Academy of Design, "The Last Arrow"
1977 Gold Medal, National Academy of Western Art, "Anasazi"
1975 Gold Medal, National Academy of Western Art, "The Last Farewell"
1973 Gold Medal, National Academy of Western Art, "Where Trails End"
1949 1st Place, Milton Bradley "America the Beautiful" Crayon Art Competition (Utah)
COMPLETED PUBLIC MONUMENTS
"John Wayne," National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
"Finding the Way," Salt Lake City, Utah
"Jason Rendell" Portrait, Boston, Massachusetts
"Gandy Dancer," Union Station Museum, Ogden, Utah
"Bitter Strength" Union Station Museum, Ogden, Utah
"The Iron Lady" Portrait of Margaret Thatcher, International Gardens, Salt Lake City, Utah
"Clearing the Haul-way," Rock Springs, Wyoming
"The Cadet," Randolph-Macon Academy Front Royal, Virginia
"Monument to Education," Ricks College Rexburg, Idaho
"Spirit of Wyoming," State Capitol, Cheyenne Wyoming
"Truman Angell, Architect," Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah
"Thomas E. Ricks," Ricks College, Rexburg, Idaho
"Winter Quarters." Florence, Nebraska
"All is Well," "Songbook/Eliza Snow, William Clayton," and "Brigham Young" Monuments," Brigham Young Cemetery, SLC, Utah
"Mormon Battalion Monument," Presidio Park, San Diago, California
CURRENT PROJECTS
"Pioneer Courage Monument," First National Bank of Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska
PUBLICATIONS
Kindred Spirits II - On the Road to Modernism, 2008
Story of the Leanin' Tree, Art and Enterprise in the American West, Leanin' Tree, Inc., 2008
Western Traditions, Contemporary Artists of the American West, Fresco Fine Art Pub, 2005
Davenport's Art Reference, 2005
Art of the West, July/Aug 2002
Art of the West Guidebook, 2001
Leading the West, Hagarty, 1997
Southwest Art Magazine, May 1993
Art of the West, February 6, 1991
Ricks College Centennial Calendar Cover, 1988-1989
Lodestar Magazine, Winter 1988
Cheyenne, Wyoming Telephone Directory Cover, 1987
Frankfurter Allgemeine Magazine, April 1986
This People Magazine, May 1985
Profiles in American Art Film, PBS television series; Ken Meyer, 1982
Men of Achievement International Biographical Center, Cambridge, Eng., 1982
Contemporary Western Artists, Samuels; Southwest Art Publishing, 1982
Southwest Art Magazine, October 1982
Art West Magazine, August/September 1982
The Rotarian Magazine, August 1982
American Artists of Renown, 1981-1982
Expression Magazine, July 1981
Treasures of the American West, Harrison Eiteljorg; Balance House, 1981
Time Magazine, December 19, 1980
U. S. News and World Report, December 22, 1980
Artists of the Rockies and the Golden West Magazine, Spring 1980
Who's Who in American Art, Bowker, 1976-2004
Town & Country Magazine, January 1977
Cowboy, Whitney Museum Catalogue, 1975
Bronzes of the American West, Patricia Broder; Abrams, 1975
Persimmon Hill Magazine, Volumes 3, #3, #4; 5, #4, 1974
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS / MUSEUMS
First National Bank of Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, California
The Candidate, Nuclear Aircraft Carrier USS Abraham Lincoln
Rockwell Museum, Corning, New York
Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis, Indiana
Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, Wyoming
Springville Museum, Springville, Utah
California State Library, Sacramento, California
Ogden Union Station, Ogden, Utah
Salt Lake County, County Complex, Salt Lake City, Utah
Museum of the Mountainmen, Pinedale, Wyoming
Glenbow Foundation, Calgary, Canada
American National Insurance Company, Galveston, Texas
Favell Museum, Klameth Falls, Oregon
Valley Bank, Las Vegas, Nevada
Valley Bank, Phoenix, Arizona
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah
Haley Memorial Library, Midland, Texas
Leanin' Tree Museum, Boulder, Colorado
National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
John F. Kennedy Jr. High, Granger, Utah
President Gerald R. Ford, Washington, D.C.
California Casualty Management Company San Mateo, California
Federal Reserve Bank, Kansas City, Missouri
Trammell Crow Company, Dallas, Texas
State of New York
State of Massachusetts
GALLERIES
Drevitson Galleries, LTD. (Fox Gallery) -- Woodstock, VT
Miller Gallery -- Cincinnati, OH
Taminah Galleries -- Park City, Utah
Wilcox Gallery--Jackson, WY
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