The creation of each work is a physical, energetic, and visceral process. Paint is rarely applied with the brush, if at all. The element of chance and randomness, however controlled, informs the creative impulse. Pigments are dripped, splattered, or thrown into the air, forming its own rhythmic patterns, directed by gravity and magnetic fields.
Various forms of artistic expression, including writing and painting, were of utmost importance to Richard from the young age. He grew in his understanding of art from his Uncle Ray Thomas and was encouraged to explore and grow his practice from his brother-in-law Kevin Williams, as he began painting and exhibiting professionally. The powerful visual vocabulary and aesthetic acumen of his works is garnering a wider curatorial support and collectors’ following, culminating to date in Gunnai Vibrations, the solo presentation of the artist’s works at Gippsland Art Gallery in Sale.