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Richard was born in Leicester in 1944 and brought up in the quiet suburb of Braunstone. After a grammar school education, he spent his early life pursuing his love of motor cars in the field of engineering, moving into management in his twenties, where he was to spend most of his working life.

Like many artists, he is entirely self taught and his artistic career has always run alongside his ‘proper job’. His first experience of artistic success came through his drawings and watercolours selling in a small chain of gift shops in South Wales in 70’s and early 80’s at the same time he completed a series of local commissions of buildings, landscapes and domestic animals.

Career and family commitments sidelined his artwork through the late 80’s and early 90’s, only starting again when a friend asked him to exhibit some works in a Gloucestershire gallery restaurant. The resulting commercial successes rekindled his interest and lead him into full time employment in the art world, first in Cheltenham and since 2006, in Ledbury. Richard works front of house in Fine Art UK, an established Ledbury gallery and is also a permanent exhibitor as a gallery artist.

His work currently encompasses a wide range of forms and media including watercolour, acrylics and mixed media in both traditional and contemporary styles and can be seen at Fine Art UK at 36 The Homend, Ledbury, HR8 1BT