Born in Hobart in 1974, Richard was awarded an honours degree in painting from the Tasmanian School of Art, University of Tasmania in 1996. He was the recipient of a three month Arts Tasmania Wilderness Residency at Cradle Mountain/Lake St. Clair National Park in 1997 and soon afterwards began exhibiting with Bett Gallery Hobart, where he continues to be represented today. Richard has held 13 solo exhibitions in Hobart, Melbourne and Sydney since 1998 and was commissioned by Devonport Regional Gallery to produce a solo exhibition in 2005.