Randy
Landen
Randy Landen lives in Derby,
Kansas, just south of Wichita. His love for caricature
carvings began in 1977, when he and his wife Carol
bought their first woodcarving at Silver Dollar
City in Branson, Missouri. Although they collect
a wide range of subject matter, caricatures dominate
their woodcarving collection.
Randy began carving in 1990 at the Woodcarving Rendezvous
in Branson. His carvings are heavily influenced by his
early instructors, including Ed Zinger, Gerald Sears,
Dave Dunham, Harold Enlow, Joe Wannamaker, and Harold
Turpin. The topics for his carvings come from the odd,
and sometimes humorous events he has seen on the job.
Captain Landen has been with the Wichita Police Department
for over 28 years, and currently serves as the Bureau
Commander for the Support Services Division. He is a graduate of the FBI National Academy, 224th Session.
Elected to the CCA in 1994, Randy has served as the President, President-Elect,
and currently serves as the Secretary. Randy is very proud to have been involved
in CCA projects including the Full Moon Saloon and CCA Circus books, the CCA
Signature Collection (on display at Engler Designs in Branson, MO) and CD book,
development of the National Caricature Carving Competition, and the soon-to-be-published
book on the CCA’s Train project.
Randy regularly instructs at the Summer and Fall Woodcarving
Rendezvous in Branson, and has given carving and painting
seminars across the United States. He has served as judge
at a variety of woodcarving shows throughout the country,
including the first CCA National Caricature Carving competition
at Silver Dollar City in 2002, and three times for the
International Wood Carvers Congress in Davenport, IA.
Randy is a member of National Wood Carvers Association
and the Great Plains Wood Carvers. He is a past Board of
Director for Affiliated Woodcarvers, Ltd. and the International
Wood Carvers Congress.
You can contact him at
Randy Landen
P.O. Box 565
Derby, KS 67037
rlanden@prodigy.net
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