Blair Buswell became interested in sculpture at an early age. He vividly remembers the day his mother gave him a tin box with red, blue, green and yellow clay to keep him quiet in church. From that day on, he continued to create many of his toys in clay. However, it wasn't until he was in seventh grade that he realized that people could earn a living by sculpting. He decided to become a professional artist.

Buswell received formal art training at Ricks College in Rexburg, Idaho, where he was recognized as one of the school's top art students. This training was followed by studies at Utah State University and Brigham Young University, where he taught sculpting classes and later received his bachelor of arts degree. Buswell has always been an avid sports fan, and while at BYU he was a member of the school's football team. Buswell then began to depict the sports figures that have made him so well known today.

Buswell received numerous commissions while at BYU, but a meeting with Coach Bill Walsh of the San Francisco 49ers marked a turning point in his career. Walsh was the guest speaker at a sports awards banquet where Buswell's art was being displayed and one of his sculptures was presented to BYU. As a result, Walsh commissioned Buswell to produce a special 49ers sculpture and introduced him to the director of the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. Buswell has sculpted busts of the new inductees every year since 1983.

Although Buswell's reputation derives from his sports action and portrait pieces, he has also completed numerous commissions, monuments, limited editions, medallions and other figurative works.