Rick Schneck
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Manufacturing |
| Occupation | Vice President, General Manager |
| Location | Belen, New Mexico |
| Introduction | My hobby of woodcarving dates back to a visit to an art show and invitation to a local woodcarving club meeting. I have been president of many wood carving clubs and active in all. I teach without fee as a way of repayment for the teaching I received without fee. The interest in art has been in my family for generations. Oil and watercolor painting, sculpture, stained glass. After trying many different types of art unsuccessfully, I tried woodcarving in 1988. The use of wood and the ability to produce art objects in 3 dimensions just felt right for me. I find that bark, weathered wood like fence posts, burls and such, add interesting aspects to each woodcarving. Recently I have progressed into the Hopi art form of Katchinas. These figures when carved from cottonwood tree roots by Native Americans represent deities from the underworld of their religion. The cottonwood root represents the constant reliance on water from the earth to their crops in a harsh environment. I make no attempt to duplicate these religious objects, but follow the concept into more contemporary art piece. I often carve them from a piece of New Mexico Cedar Fence Post, leaving a portion of the post as a base. |
| Interests | Wood Carving, Backpacking, Fishing |
| Favorite Movies | Dances With Wolves, Lonsome Dove, Centennial, Hidalgo, Silverado, Jermiah Johnson, Last of the Dogmen, Broken Trail, Open Range, Little Big Man, Silverado, A Man Called Horse, and many more. |
| Favorite Music | Country Music |
| Favorite Books | Any of the Clive Cussler books |
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