Gretchen Hendricks is an Arkansas native being born in Arkadelphia then raised in Benton graduating from Benton High School. Now she resides on a family farm near Bismarck. She received her formal training at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Photography. Gretchen has taught photography at Ouachita Technical College in Malvern and has won various awards including second place in drawing at the 2009 Artist of Northwest Arkansas Regional Art Exhibition. Her work has also been exhibited in the Robert Herzfeld Library in Benton, Ark. and at Dianne Roberts Art Studio and Workshop in Benton, Ark.

"I have always enjoyed painting and drawing, but I have found a new love of digital photography and making my photos my art!"

Gretchen is married to Michael Ritchey, a Benton native, and lives on a 20-acre family farm near Bismarck where they have several goats, chickens, a few hound dogs, cats and an old horse.

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