RenaLee M. Richards born in NH, started her training in her elementary school years at the Currier Gallery Art Center in Manchester, NH. She attended an all-girl’s preparatory school in Hudson, NH with emphasis on the fine arts; during which time she won the Union Leader Sunday News art contest with a pen and ink drawing of a young girl peeking into a carved pumpkin. While in high school she furthered her studies at both the N H Institute of Art (n/k/a Institute of Art and Design at New England College) and Jean’s Unicorn Ceramics in Salem, NH. In 1983 she continued her studies at Springfield College, in Springfield, MA as an Art-In-Urban Life major towards becoming an art therapist. During her college years she interned with Frank’s Signs in Manchester toward a career in the commercial arts as well as one summer spent with Winzelor Typography learning about magazine and print advertising. Her home studio is located in Lyndeborough, NH, where she lives with her husband John David Richards an MBA graduate. She is a mother of 2 grown children, and Nana to two grandsons. Re considers herself to be a fine arts artist who prefers to work in oils but while working from home during COVID19 switch to acrylics. She also likes to work in watercolor, and pen and ink. She has spent time as an outdoor photographer specializing in birds and landscapes. Her past work has been displayed at Beaver Brook Association in Hollis, NH. Her photos have been published in the calendars of First NH Bank (n/k/a Citizen’s) and Oxford Health Plans (n/k/a United Harvard Pilgrim Health). She has worked on miscellaneous projects such as business cards for a local attorney, set design for the annual skating show for the Southern NH Skating Club, and commission pieces for office art and gifts as well. Most recently her painting “The Bluebird Lands” won third place at the NAAA (Nashua Area Artist’s Associations) 70th annual Greeley Park Art Show in the Acrylics division.
