PETER FILLERUP

Peter Fillerup was born in Cody, Wyoming in 1953. His sculptures are generally of western and religious subjects. He lives in Heber City, Utah.

Fillerup’s father, Mel Fillerup, is an artist who encouraged his son’s talent. Peter Fillerup first studied at Ricks College in 1972 and then at Brigham Young University where he received an Art Award scholarship in 1976. He also apprenticed with Avard Fairbanks with whom he traveled to Italy where he learned the art of enlarging models to historic sizes, working with marble, and foundry technique.

One of his noted works, Kit Carson, Frontiersman (1981), was produced in three sizes. The largest size was produced in heroic scale for the Whitney Museum in Cody, Wyoming. Another noted sculpture is Porter Rockwell, The Enforcer (1978) depicting a figure prominent in the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.