The son of a professional guide and outfitter, Rip Caswell developed an innate understanding and appreciation of nature and wildlife.  As a young boy, he began sculpting his very first figures from the moist shoreline clay of the Pend Oreille River near his home in Washington State.  An early apprenticeship in taxidermy established an intimate familiarity with wildlife physiology and form, and his work in this genre earned Rip a reputation for a uniquely natural style that brought m (showing 500 of 2676 characters).