Museum exhibits scale models and super-realism paintings of local artist of the month Richard Engar

Museum exhibits scale models and super-realism paintings of local artist of the month Richard Engar
By Collette HayesThe R.C. Engar Scale Model Museum and Studio opened its doors in Bountiful to the public in January 2021. Founded by Holladay resident Richard Engar, an accomplished scale model building artist and super-realism painter, the 900-square-foot museum exhibits more than 300 scale model airplanes and cars primarily crafted by Engar. The walls of the museum are covered with over 400 national, regional and state model-building awards in addition to local awards for Engar’s highly illusionistic landscape paintings.

Selected by the Holladay Arts Council as Holladay Artist of the Month, Engar was a highly esteemed dentist in the Sugar House area, retired CEO of the Professional Insurance Exchange, a mutual insurance company for local dentists, and currently is the founder and curator of the R.C. Engar Scale Model Museum and Studio. Scale models are continually being added to the exhibit by Engar, and with few exceptions, the impressive collection is his work. A number of ceiling murals and historic posters from World War I and World War II are on display in the museum, and reference materials are on hand in each display case to provide a history and model specifics.

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