Coffee mugs designed while employed as a Creative Artist with Janesville Group LTD. Jaffa/Norwood
sold at
WALGREENS & SHOPKO
my home as a model
a muse i can use
Christmas & Holidays
experimented with sandblasted designs. some worked , some did not.
they put a man on the moon and I'm still doing this
or
this ain't rocket science
Greetings,
Welcome to artrichter.com
My name is James Arthur Richter
aka Jim
This site is dedicated to the proliferation of my avocation...painting and pursuing an artful life.
Born January 25, 1955 in Monroe, Wisconsin. Spent first 7 years of life in Darlington, WI.
I developed a interest / passion, for creating visual art, for almost as long as I can remember. My earliest saved work was done at age 7.
I have been seriously painting since age 15, when I sold my first work. Graduated from Parker H.S. and received the school art scholarship. START.
My arts education continued as
mentioned below. Of course, life
experience is one of
the most profound
influence's in anyones
life.
For 16 years I was employed in the corporate graphic arts world as a graphic design artist. Always did freelance work as well.
M
Y HOME / STUDIO / GALLERY
IS LOCATED AT 758 S GARFIELD AVE
JANESVILLE WI
53545
2 HOURS NORTH OF CHICAGO
1.5 HOURS WEST OF MILWAUKEE
30 MIN SOUTH OF MADISON, WI
E d u c a t i o n
ayton School of Art & Design (MIAD) Milwaukee, WI
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ingling School of Art & Design Sarasota, FL
Lloyd our favorite pet
A MERICAN
R AT
T ERRIER
graduated with certificate in graphic design and illustration
a f f i l i a t i o n s
Wisconsin Visual Artists S. C. Chapter. Oldest Art Organization in the State of Wisconsin.
Janesville Art League. Century old local Institution.
Home and studio for over 35 years, I am blessed to have saved a old 1890 Queen Anne Victorian. With a lot of help from my Mom, Naomi, who was a realtor. Has seen the Sun rise and set, in three separate century's.
Part of my life story is that I was a tropical fish collector back in the late 70's, early 80's. Worked for old childhood friend Cap't Dave Casey in the Florida keys. Lived in Marathon, Vaca key. Could not resist doing a shark mug. Capt Dave's company ,Nomad Diving, was one of the first featured shows on "Shark Week" on Discovery channel. Was there for the Muriel Boat lift and even had the pleasure of spending a night in the Key West jail.
misc. wildlife series
I have done so many paintings of my favorite Chinese restaurant. Here is a video my daughter made of us there.
circus mural while at Ringling School of Art 1979
finishing, drifting to the driftless 2026
Photo by Pat Sparling photography
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Proud Father of two
Adrian Richter & Naomi Richter
resume as of late
w milwaukee. for a semester. algebra was not my friend
U
1955 - 1962
a brief biography in images and stories
Darlington
james arthur richter
artist painter muralist
Education George S Parker Sr High
Layton School of Art ,Milwaukee, WI (MIAD)
Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota Fl. Graduate 1980 in Graphic Design and Illustration
Exterior mural work
2025/26 City of Evansville Wi. Commission. The REX Theatre building. (T-Rex mural) 206 W. Main St (Alley}
2022 City of Jefferson Wi. Commission. City Hall Building. "Going Outside"
2021 Janesville Boys and Girls Club. Janesville Wi. Commission. "Bright Futures"
2020 "Keep Looking UP" A three story mural painted in pandemic year. in downtown Janesville. Privately funded.
2018 "Janesville Postcard Mural" The Doty Mill Alley Mural . A commission by private and civic group to coincide with Downtown Janesville ARISE re development of Riverfront.
2016 the Janesville Circuit Mural "Janesville Icons". Homage to century old auto industry history. Sponsored by Bob Clapper Automotive.
recent juried show, Invitational shows and misc. art related projects
2025 Evansville Art Crawl. Spring 2026 to coincide with my start for Rex Theatre mural for the City.
2026 Wisconsin Visual artist juried show at Kasieta Center. Verona, Wi.
2025 MIAD juried Holiday show and sale. Milwaukee Wi, work purchased to help student scholarship fund.
2025 Creekside Village Evansville Wi. Oils exhibited. Invitational
2025 City of Evansville REX theatre work. Most of Summer. Commission.
2025 Commission to restore artwork on a larger than life fiberglass Cow piece "blossom". Originally painted in 2001. Private party.
2025 Wisconsin Visual Artist juried exhibit at UW Madison Hospital. Madison Wi.
2005. Gave talk at The Grove. Evansville WI Historical Society. Received local History Award for work on Rex Theatre mural work, 2025.
2025 Monroe Art Walk. Invited to exhibit on Historic Monroe Square. Also participated in 2023.
Past projects of note
Five works purchased and in collection at Marshfield Clinics. Marshfield Wi.
Works purchased and on exhibit at Mercy Hospital East. Janesville Wi.
Work purchased by Integrated Art Group. Madison Wi. On exhibit at Dean/SSM Hospital. Janesville Wi.
Multiple juried exhibits at UW Madison Hospital and Clinics.
Finalist in Wisconsin State Quarter Design Contest.
more info to follow
intro resume history
Feb 2026. The Monroe Times. City were I was born.
Halloween
Most mugs were designed to be wrap around. We originally produced most material in house.
Not only did I design the mugs I had to do acetate color separation's by hand. Eventually, in mid 1990's, all work were produced in China
Towards the end I starting doing more artsy designs, like pointillism. Not every design made it to China for production but I kept even the failures.
Here is a design I did not properly think out. Again I had to do color separation and thought a sled at sun set would be cool. Maybe orange or red would. However, yellow snow did not quite work.
Another experiment in color that did not work. Seasons Greetings never stood out. But as an art piece I kind of liked. Also the gold top was used on some that made it to production
Played around with many holiday designs. Christmas and Halloween being the obvious big sellers. Here are some Thanksgiving designs I did
Valentines
One of favorites to do. To this day still drink coffee out of one of these, on ocassion
This was a self marketed coffee mug I designed.
In the mid 1990's, California dairy Industry, unfortunately, came down with Mad Cow Disease. Being a crass capitalist I came up with this. Only have two left. Seemed humorous at the time.
