Richard was born in London in 1951. He grew up and was educated in Surrey. From an early age it was his deepest wish to be an artist. He was strongly influenced by the English Pre-Raphaelites and early Dutch masters.

He entered Reigate School of Art and Design as a full-time student in 1974. During his studies there, exploring various styles, he discovered the Surrealists and, in particular the work of Salvador Dali. With the marriage of all these diverse influences he arrived at his own unique style. He gained his Diploma in Fine Art in 1977 and took up full-time self-employment as an artist, specialising in portraiture and still-life subjects, showing at local exhibitions and galleries in Surrey.

Richard moved to Lincolnshire in 1980. From 1982-1984 he gave private tuition to two amateur painting groups and started to paint pet portraits. He moved to Wragby in 1986 where he now works from his studio at his home, which he shares with his wife Frances, and Barney the dog. He is a regular exhibitor at open exhibitions and galleries in Lincolnshire. He gives demonstrations in oil painting and holds regular one-day workshops for local art groups, and designs and paints sets for a local amateur dramatic society. Take a look at Richard's Galleries for his pet portraits, surreal and still life paintings. Many of which are for sale in his shop.

Richard has received numerous commissions from major greetings card companies and his paintings have been reproduced as prints, greetings cards and calendars. He has now started to produce his own fine art limited edition prints of some of his work, (see the CATALOGUE page on this web site). Richard now attracts considerable interest in his work from private UK and overseas clients, and his paintings and pet portraits are in private collections throughout Europe and the USA.

Music is another of Richard's great passions, so don't forget to check out the music section for news and information about dates of gigs and about the CD's. There are links to other music sites that you may be interested in and there are now free music samples to download. The new CD 'Like a Moth to a Flame' is now available from the shop page.

Richard has now lauched his own independant record label 'Old Black Dog Records' promoting his own music. Visit the site for more information and join the mailing list for regular updates.