Annie Park 02 : Samuel John Butcher

Samuel John Butcher

He is an American artist widely known as the guy behind the Precious Moments.

He was born in 1939 in a very poor family, and he spent most of his childhood days for drawing and sketching. His friends and family members soon recoginzed his talent but could not afford any drawing materials for him since they were so poor. So Sam used to go to a factory dump to search for papers to draw on.

His grandmother used to tell him Bible stories all the time, and even from his earliest childhood, he painted scenes from the Bible. He studied in California College of Arts & Craft and also went to a Bible College after that. Precious Moments were first created by Sam to tell bible stories to friends and family, then introduced to the public in 1975 on inspirational greeting cards and posters, and in 1978 the first Precious Moments figurines were unveiled.

Everything is about love, hope, and more love. I just absolutely love his work; they are so warm and extremely cute of course, but more than that, I admire him in the way how he used his talent to influence many others in such a good way. I hope my works to be always encouraging and positive, too, and be inspring people in the future in a similar way.

Here are some of the figurines made by his drawings. Enjoy :)

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