Oil on masonite, signed at lower left, retaining artist card to verso, presented in a contemporary carved wood frame.

Masonite 16 x 20 in.; Frame dimensions 26 x 29 1/2 in.

Private Collection, Wilmington, North Carolina

Growing up on a ranch in West Texas, Richard developed a love for drawing horses at an early age. After high school, he joined the Navy and traveled to the Far East, Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands. He had a studio in the barracks on the island of Guam. After the Navy, he completed his BFA at the University of Colorado in Boulder. In 1986, He moved to Steamboat Springs, Colorado for an Art teaching job at the local High School and was an Instructor at Colorado Mountain College. He proceeded to create an esteemed career as an artist, educator, gallery owner, and museum founder and is a signature member in the Oil Painters of America and the Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters.

Good estate condition.