Richard Shook

Artist, owner

Slater, IA, USA
Traditional oil painting, portraiture, site specific -large scale paintings.

Work Experience

DES Companies

Senior Building Designer

Space planning and building design. Luxury homes, retail/office complex.
January 2005 - January 2011 Iowa, United States

Denny Elwell Company

Senior Building Designer

Space planning, retail/mixed use facilities, luxury home design.
January 2004 - January 2005 Iowa, United States

Jensen Design Build

Senior Building Designer

Building designer. Multi-family homes, the Harvester Golf Course Clubhouse, overnight stay facility, convenience store. Project supervision and management.
January 2001 - January 2002 Iowa, United States

Dick Shook Construction Services

Owner, designer, project manager, artisan

Luxury and upscale home construction/remodeling. Project management, budget analysis.
January 2002 - January 2005 Iowa, United States

Dick Shook

Artist, Illustrator, Designer

Painting for the World Food Prize Foundation since 2007. Work included in the Hall of Laureates, Des Moines. Paintings in many private collections. Recently included in the Octagon's 2013 National All Media Exhibit.
January 2007 - Present Iowa, United States

Education

Iowa State University

B. Arts in Art and Design

Janice, Peterson, Anderson Award Winner
Graduate studies in Drawing, Painting, Printmaking 1983-1985
June 1981 - June 1983 Iowa, United States

Awards

Iowa State Fair Fine Arts Competion

1st place, oil painting category

2011

Skills

Computer Modeling, PHP, Building Designer, CAD, CSS, Drawing, HTML, Illustration, MySQL, Portrait Artist, Sculpting, Traditional Oil Painting, Vector And Raster Graphics,