Rick Baldwin
Creative Director
Rick has been Creative Director of Imagination Atmospheres since co-founding the company in 2004. “The decision to create Imagination Atmospheres came from a desire to combine several of my interests and abilities. I built upon my experience in technical theatre, cartooning, airbrush art and stand-up comedy and I ended up with a company that creates fun, whimsical atmospheres for amazing clients! How could I ever complain about doing the work I do?” As an award-winning cartoonist, Rick’s environments speak a language understood by kids and the kid-at-heart. His unique themed environments and murals pull you into a world of childlike imagination without ever being babyish or banal. His understanding of each client’s needs helps to create for them an environment uniquely tailored to their specific experience. “We create a lot of environments for kids but we create many for grown-ups as well. It doesn’t really matter what age we are creating for. What matters to us is how we can design an atmosphere that stimulates imagination and wonder. For us ‘boring’ is the enemy. We don’t want to create the same thing everyone else is creating and we don’t want to use prefabricated or preprinted products. At Imagination Atmospheres everything is unique and original.” As a testament to Rick’s originality, he recently decided to celebrate his 50th birthday (and his Scotch/Irish heritage) by wearing a kilt every day of his 50th year. You can follow his adventures on his blog, A Year In A Kilt.
Favorite Part Of My Job: “The never-ending creative challenges and then getting the final ‘Wow!’ reaction from our clients.”
Favorite Theme: “I enjoy creative theme ideas. I don’t like to repeat a design so each theme is an opportunity to make something completely new even if it is a theme we have created several times in the past. I tend to like themes that involve building towns or villages. I suppose that’s my theatre background.”
Why Should a Client Hire Imagination Atmospheres?: ” We have the best team of artists at IA. There is nothing our team cannot imagine or create!”
Brent Hooper
Theming Director
Master Carpenter
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Josh McAllister
Theming Specialist
Master Painter
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Cheri Brown
Theming Artist
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Brooke Boulton
Painting Specialist
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