Education/Qualifications
Born in 1940 and aged just 10, Bryan was awarded a Certificate with Honours from the Royal Drawing Society, South Kensington and subsequently attended the Metropolitan College of Art in Southend in furtherance of his artistic and creative talents.
1955 to 1976
Bryan worked as a carpenter/joiner, developing his skillset in a variety of settings, including that of shop-fitting.
1976 to 2007
Bryan founded his own profitable business, creating and supplying costumes and props for films, television and selected other companies. This once again reflected his desire to work within an artistic and creative setting
Bryan is now semi-retired but throughout and beyond his working life, he has continued to indulge in his overriding passion for sculpting, the chronology of which is set our below.
Sculpting 1981 to present day
| 1981 | Full size statue of Yul Brynner for the Palladium Cellars |
| 1983 | Bust of Clint Eastwood for Momi Museum, South Bank |
| 1984 | Head figure of actress Barbara Windsor for a galleon – private commission |
| 1991 | Head of Buffalo Bill (William Cody) for American Museum in Bath exhibition |
| 1992 | Head of Buffalo Bill in bronze, exhibited at Royal Academy of the Arts and then displayed in main window of the Harrods store. Limited Edition (x6) then sold to ‘Back Trailing Buffalo Bill Society’, Los Angeles |
| 1998 | Life-size statue of Buffalo Bill presented to the American people in London, and unveiled by the Ambassador at the American Embassy in London. Now stands in Cody Park, North Platte, Nebraska and valued at £300,000 |
| 2000 | Head of Standing Bear as network award for Mr Jack Fletcher of the Back Trailing Buffalo Bill Society |
| 2001 | Resin statue of Chief Sitting Bull commissioned by Madame Tussauds, New York |
| 2002 | Head of Sitting Bull in resin, for Sitting Bull Museum, South Dakota |
| 2005 | Sculpture of Bucking Bronco, similar to Remington’s famous bronze, commissioned by Rodeo Association of America in Wyoming |
| 2006 | Ballet shoes in bronze as tribute to Margot Fonteyn (Private Commission) |
| 2007 | Head of Roy Rogers, in bronze, presented to the Roy Rogers Museum in Branson, Missouri, owned by his son Dusty Rogers |
| 2008 | New head of Buffalo Bill (half-head, on a plaque) presented in Buffalo Bill Historical Centre, Denver, Colorado |
| 2020 | Commissioned Gold Trilby Hat to commemorate Frank Sinatra and Michael Jackson |
| 2021 | Full-size head of Buffalo Bill covered in 9ct gold leaf |