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The gallery rooms display a vari-: ety — some items by other artist offered at commisssion and many of Mrs. Richey’s own pieces, though many of her first items are gorte without copied prints.
“The first few I sold were not documented,” she said with a bit of saddness, adding she would love to see one, now, — to reflect upon, to compare the talent of yesteryear with that of today.
Mrs. Richey’s talent has garnered her several awards — in Culpeper, Fredericksburg, Leesburg and Front Royal.
“I started taking it all seriously when my husband’s boss bought sev-' eral of my pieces for his office,” Mrs. Richey said with a smile.
“It was a great boost,” she said with pride, adding that until that purchase the only sales she had made were to friends and at local shows.
“I’d get just enough to buy more supplies or do more shows,” she said, laughing, saying that supporting the artistic habit is expensive: supply costs, gallery and exhibit fees are increasing and the demand for mats and large frames is growing.
“It’s almost is if you must have a mat and frame to sell a piece,” she said. With many of Mrs. Richey’s works, the frame or mat perfects the piece.
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