Collection: Paul Rhymer

Paul Rhymer 

Paul Rhymer received an Associate of Arts degree in painting and drawing in 1984 and subsequently spent twenty-five years at the Smithsonian Institution creating taxidermy and models, retiring in 2010. His extensive experience in three-dimensional work led him, beginning in the late 1990s, to gradually transition from painting and drawing into sculpture.

In 2023, Rhymer was named a Birds in Art Master Wildlife Artist. He is a fellow of the National Sculpture Society and a distinguished signature member of the Society of Animal Artists. His work has been widely exhibited, including Birds in Art at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum in Wausau, Wisconsin (2008–2023); the Society of Animal Artists Annual Exhibition (2007–2023); the National Sculpture Society Annual Awards Exhibition (2006, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2022, and 2023); and the Brookgreen Gardens Masters Exhibition (2013). He also held a solo exhibition at the Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art in 2010.

Rhymer’s public art installations are featured at numerous prominent venues, including the Briscoe Western Art Museum; the Smithsonian’s National Zoo; Denver Zoo; NatureWorks Monuments in Tulsa, Oklahoma; City Park in Hagerstown, Maryland; Washington County Museum of Fine Arts in Hagerstown, Maryland; the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum; Shepard Park in Summerville, South Carolina; and B.I.R.D.S. in Summerville, South Carolina.