Richard Wright
Caricaturist

Born in Dunfermline, Scotland, in October 1959, Richard has been drawing and cartooning for as long as he can remember. In 1977, he finally enrolled at the Buckinghamshire College of Art and Design.

After college, he began a career in antique porcelain restoration. It gave him some grounding in fine brushwork, attention to detail, and adapting quickly to different styles, mainly Meissen, Cantonese and Satsuma porcelain.

A chance meeting with a friend in the animation business in London in 1982 changed the course of Richard’s life forever. It was so exciting, he dropped the antique business in favour of animating breakfast cereal commercials (Weetabix), music videos (Donald Fagen, Elvis Costello), and short films (Skywhales).

Richard was invited to join a New York animation company in 1986, directing more commercials and music videos, such as Madonna’s “Who’s That Girl?”.

In 1990 he was sent to Seoul, Korea, to supervise and direct the production of animated series such as ‘Batman’ and 'Doug'. It was during the production of the former that Rcihard met his beautiful wife, Maria, the mother of his cherished daughter, Sarah.

By the end of the 90's, craving new direction, Richard returned to London to pursue a career in illustration and mural painting.

He had been producing oil paintings during my free time in Seoul, and now found time to develop and refine his style through to 2003.

Richard’s canvases are now much larger (30"x 48"), and more confident in their application of paint. He has chosen as subjects some of his favourite icons of the 20th century, from the movie, music, sport and political arena.

Richard enjoys producing the initial pencil sketches, but takes enormous pleasure in refining his images in colour, finally transferring to canvas, and completing the painting process.

His work has been published in The Times, Empire Magazine, the Mail on Sunday, FHM Magazine, Hot Dog Magazine, New Electronics Magazine, and was exhibited in the Association of Illustrators Images 27 show, in the spring of 2003.

Richard completed his third one man show in London’s West End, in January 2008.