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![Busy Beaver detail by Rick Schneider](/sites/default/files/styles/banner_tablet/public/Busy%20Beaver%20detail%20by%20Rick%20Schneider.jpg?h=02707107&itok=YpcXrPdy)
Busy Beaver detail by Rick Schneider
Title
Rick Schneider
Bio
2019 Essential Artist Award
Artist Statement
Artist Statement
My work explores the role of working class and midwestern imagery and social structure through narrative glass sculptures. Vocations, working class heroes, working class Joes, and the mundane activities of life are mined for conceptual and visual impact within the work.
Artwork
Artwork
![Busy Beaver by Rick Schneider](/sites/default/files/styles/oc_thumbnail_large_2x/public/Busy%20Beaver%20by%20Rick%20Schneider.jpg?itok=y_5r1Sr9)
![Busy Beaver by Rick Schneider](/sites/default/files/styles/large_800/public/Busy%20Beaver%20by%20Rick%20Schneider.jpg?itok=XMLhXaft)
Busy Beaver by Rick Schneider
Busy Beaver by Rick Schneider
![Busy Beaver detail by Rick Schneider](/sites/default/files/styles/oc_thumbnail_large_2x/public/Busy%20Beaver%20detail%20by%20Rick%20Schneider_0.jpg?itok=FPMF6trJ)
![Busy Beaver detail by Rick Schneider](/sites/default/files/styles/large_800/public/Busy%20Beaver%20detail%20by%20Rick%20Schneider_0.jpg?itok=dm54fCCy)
Busy Beaver detail by Rick Schneider
Busy Beaver detail by Rick Schneider
![Charging the Battery by Rick Schneider](/sites/default/files/styles/oc_thumbnail_large_2x/public/Charging%20the%20Battery%20by%20Rick%20Schneider.jpg?itok=nIsvBmZ7)
![Charging the Battery by Rick Schneider](/sites/default/files/styles/large_800/public/Charging%20the%20Battery%20by%20Rick%20Schneider.jpg?itok=NZG7oqz0)
Charging the Battery by Rick Schneider
Charging the Battery by Rick Schneider
![Climate of Conversation by Rick Schneider](/sites/default/files/styles/oc_thumbnail_large_2x/public/Climate%20of%20Conversation%20by%20Rick%20Schneider.jpg?itok=xzce18ox)
![Climate of Conversation by Rick Schneider](/sites/default/files/styles/large_800/public/Climate%20of%20Conversation%20by%20Rick%20Schneider.jpg?itok=y6sgVinx)
Climate of Conversation by Rick Schneider
Climate of Conversation by Rick Schneider
![Mark V Octopus by Rick Schneider](/sites/default/files/styles/oc_thumbnail_large_2x/public/Mark%20V%20Octopus%20by%20Rick%20Schneider.jpg?itok=122ol92L)
![Mark V Octopus by Rick Schneider](/sites/default/files/styles/large_800/public/Mark%20V%20Octopus%20by%20Rick%20Schneider.jpg?itok=6j6_809y)
Mark V Octopus by Rick Schneider
Mark V Octopus by Rick Schneider
![Rosie’s Red by Rick Schneider](/sites/default/files/styles/oc_thumbnail_large_2x/public/Rosie%E2%80%99s%20Red%20by%20Rick%20Schneider.jpg?itok=l6cejf5t)
![Rosie’s Red by Rick Schneider](/sites/default/files/styles/large_800/public/Rosie%E2%80%99s%20Red%20by%20Rick%20Schneider.jpg?itok=E9GF_dXm)
Rosie’s Red by Rick Schneider
Rosie’s Red by Rick Schneider
![Soulless Shot Glasses by Rick Schneider](/sites/default/files/styles/oc_thumbnail_large_2x/public/Soulless%20Shot%20Glasses%20by%20Rick%20Schneider.jpg?itok=YmWgabpE)
![Soulless Shot Glasses by Rick Schneider](/sites/default/files/styles/large_800/public/Soulless%20Shot%20Glasses%20by%20Rick%20Schneider.jpg?itok=r2YQt5qT)
Soulless Shot Glasses by Rick Schneider
Soulless Shot Glasses by Rick Schneider
![This is Not a Drill by Rick Schneider](/sites/default/files/styles/oc_thumbnail_large_2x/public/This%20is%20Not%20a%20Drill%20by%20Rick%20Schneider.jpg?itok=EZKruNK_)
![This is Not a Drill by Rick Schneider](/sites/default/files/styles/large_800/public/This%20is%20Not%20a%20Drill%20by%20Rick%20Schneider.jpg?itok=6H_FTd22)
This is Not a Drill by Rick Schneider
This is Not a Drill by Rick Schneider
![Whatever Ails you by Rick Schneider](/sites/default/files/styles/oc_thumbnail_large_2x/public/Whatever%20Ails%20you%20by%20Rick%20Schneider.jpg?itok=YE87qTEt)
![Whatever Ails you by Rick Schneider](/sites/default/files/styles/large_800/public/Whatever%20Ails%20you%20by%20Rick%20Schneider.jpg?itok=hC3oJG5E)
Whatever Ails you by Rick Schneider
Whatever Ails you by Rick Schneider
![Who’s your target by Rick Schneider](/sites/default/files/styles/oc_thumbnail_large_2x/public/Who%E2%80%99s%20your%20target%20by%20Rick%20Schneider.jpg?itok=7bbUqRTD)
![Who’s your target by Rick Schneider](/sites/default/files/styles/large_800/public/Who%E2%80%99s%20your%20target%20by%20Rick%20Schneider.jpg?itok=u_Jsw5g9)
Who’s your target by Rick Schneider
Who’s your target by Rick Schneider