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Stella J Richey is an international visual artist and designer.Her works in visual arts concentrate on ceramic sculpture and oil painting. Her jewelry and fashion lines are original wearable art with influence from ancient cultures. Stella was born in the US, where she completed her education in Fine Arts and Photography before moving to Spain to study Design. Her insatiable appetite for knowledge guided her to study Acupuncture and Chinese medicine in Australia before embarking on a world journey that lasted 15 years. While studying medicine, she began attending discourses at the local Buddhist monastery. Intrigued by Asian thought, philosophy, and religion, she began to examine Buddhist doctrine and Taoist poems. Her oil paintings possess deep philosophical meanings, presented in a veneer of pop surreal. She has undergone training in oil painting in both the US and Tibet, China. Her work has been exhibited in the US, Greece, China, and Egypt. Her paintings and sculptures are expressions of the years she spent traveling and the cultures she experienced.