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With Bud’s background in aeronautics, and his and Suzi’s love of ornithology, history, art, and literature, the two have combined their talents to imagine, design, build, and paint these pieces based on historical aircraft, dioramas from literature, and vignettes from life’s whimsical episodes. The Richards have each been involved in a lifelong love of art and its production since childhood.
At the age of ten, Bud began to fabricate wooden marionettes and folk characters; and at fourteen, he began art classes with Louise Cone, a local portrait painter. Suzi drew from nature around her as a child and later took art classes from Lila J. Wells. Each of the Richards studied drawing, printmaking, painting, art history, and sculpture. Upon completion of their degrees, Bud returned to work in aeronautics and electrical engineering. Suzi went on to earn a teaching certificate; and because of her interest in creativity, she pursued a Masters degree in Special Education and taught English to gifted and talented students for 25 years and looked for ways to incorporate art experiences into the English curriculum.
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| Photo by H.L. Richards |
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| Black Bear |
| Bears have been our most popular automata in the mountains. Our latest bear is almost life size and is caught eating wild blueberries as he rolls his eyes and wiggles his ears. |
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