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David Newton
David Newton is a classically trained sculptor that has worked on many public monuments in the north Texas area such as the Freedman's Memorial of Dallas, along with large commissions for the State Fair of Texas, and the City of Austin. Mr. Newton received his Masters of Fine Arts Degree from the New York Academy of Art, and has studied sculpture in Florence Italy. Mr. Newton has shown his work at numerous museums and galleries and has won national competitions for commissions, and a design award from the Texas Association of Landscape Architects for his work on Freedman's Memorial. He is currently working on a Veterans' Memorial for the City of Plano, Texas.

Tómas Bustos
Tómas Bustos is a native of Dallas, Texas. Mr. Bustos served a seven-year apprenticeship with the well-known sculptor and artisan Octavio Medellin. Mr. Bustos' work has been shown at the Dallas Museum of Art and the Latino Cultural Center of Dallas as well as many galleries in the Dallas Metroplex. Mr. Bustos has mastered the art of woodcarving, stone carving, bronze casting, welding, drawing, and oil painting. Mr. Bustos also learned the art of mechanical animation as an apprentice and then as a master artisan with the Bill Reed Decorations Co. of Dallas. His most recent commissions have included fourteen large murals at Our Children's House at Baylor Hospital, along with a monumental mechanical zeppelin with animated figures. Mr. Bustos is currently teaching figure sculpture and stone carving at the Creative Arts Center of Dallas.

Community Effort
We are asking the community to come together as a whole to make this project a realization that will stand as a legacy for present and future generations of all citizens of the City of Fort Worth.

Your contribution, whether large or small can make a difference in assisting the City of Fort Worth and The Vaquero Committee in the completion of this worthwhile project.