Sally's Snow Adventure

New York : Amrams Books for Young Readers, 2007. Hardcover. Fine/Good. Stephen Huneck. Fun Book in fine condition. Sign by author. Before becoming an artist, Huneck lived for several years at Quarry Hill Creative Center in Rochester, Vermont, where he began to work in wood. [] He was discovered in 1984 when he found a man pulling one of his carvings, an angel, out of the back of Huneck's pick-up truck. The man asked how much he wanted for the angel. Not intending to sell it and believing that the man wouldn't pay such a high price, Huneck told him that he wanted $1,000. The man revealed himself to be an art dealer and paid Huneck the Pieces of Huneck's artwork are in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian Institution, the Dog Museum of America and the American Kennel Club. Huneck received commissions for works from celebrities and politicians, including Sandra Bullock, Dr. Phil McGraw, and US Senator Patrick Leahy. Much of the basswood, cherry, maple and pine he worked with came from his farm. Huneck was despondent over having to lay off employees in January 2010 and had been dealing with depression.] On January 7, 2010, after driving to a psychiatrist's office in Littleton, New Hampshire, Huneck shot himself and died. He was 61 years old.