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Olive green and Kahki - Richardson 112
The original Art work was painted by Richard W. Plasschaert born in New Ulm, Minnesota in 1941. Because he was from a military family they were constantly on the move. Mr. Plasschaert spent his childhood years in Red Bank, New Jersey, and in various parts of the Deep South.
For several years he held a series of odd jobs, all of which were art related. During this period of life, he married Mary Zangel, his high school sweetheart. She became a strong motivating factor for him and the most responsible for his success.
At one point in his life, he had an agreement with the printer for whom he worked, that he could resign at some point to pursue his ultimate goal of becoming self-employed as a wildlife artist. However, if things didn't go well, the printer promised to hold his job at the print shop open. Mr. Plasschaert took advantage of the agreement twice and twice returned to the print shop after going broke. He was about to leave the shop for the third time when he received the announcement that he had won the duck Stamp competition.
Mr. Plasschaert gained a fairly good reputation as a landscape artist during his brief periods of free-lancing. He has exhibited in the Audubon show in New York, and most of his paintings sold well in the New York market.