Biography
Born in Idaho Falls, Reynolds left to study art at the University of Idaho and at the Art Center School in Los Angeles. After graduating, he returned to Idaho and spent years as a cowboy and sometimes artist, working on the side as art director for singer/songwriter Carole King. He then worked as an illustrator and graphic designer for the Idaho National Laboratory for 25 years where the Yellowstone National Park Service and the State of Montana used his watercolors for their Bison Impact Statement. The publication won “best of show” in the Puget Sound Competition. In 2002 he retired, found a studio, and started to paint and sculpt fulltime. In 2000 the City of Idaho Falls commissioned Reynolds to construct a public sculpture—a larger than life-size bronze titled The Trapper—for the greenbelt walkway in Idaho Falls, commemorating the impact of the fur trading industry on West.
As a professional artist, Reynolds regularly won prizes in regional shows. A staunch supporter of TAM, Reynolds served on the first Board of Directors and volunteered as TAM’s Art Director where he oversaw the graphic design for all museum programs.