Bob Doster is an award-winning, nationally recognized artist with over fifty years of experience in creating and teaching art. His accolades include South Carolina’s highest honor in the arts, the Elizabeth O’Neill Verner Award. Doster has also been named Keeper of Culture by the York Heritage & Cultural Commission, Hero of the Child by SC First Steps, and Small Business of the Year by the Lancaster County Chamber of Commerce. Additional honors include being named a CN2 Hometown Hero and receiving a Mayoral Proclamation from the City of Lancaster.

Doster's work has been featured in numerous publications and broadcasts, including Southern Living Magazine, Carolina Arts, Sandlapper, SCETV, Arts Hub, and National Welders Magazine, as well as various newspapers and travel magazines. His sculptures are showcased in museums, galleries, public art displays, and private and corporate collections around the world.

In addition to his personal work, Doster has impacted countless communities through his artist residencies, where students from schools across South Carolina and beyond have had the opportunity to collaborate with him to create lasting works of art.

"My creative process begins with a shape I see in my environment. It might be a leaf that reminds me of the childhood experience of jumping in a pile of leaves or a curved piece of paper which makes me think about riding the waves at the beach. I then build on the shapes to create a sculpture. Some pieces are whimsical and others have a profound meaning about the society we live in. If I were a tree each limb would represent a series I am working on. As my ideas grow, so does the tree of my life." -Bob Doster