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Richard Schlecht

ARTIST BIO

Richard Schlecht is a free lance illustrator who, for almost four decades, has created historical scenes and reconstructions for such publications as the National Geographic Society, Time Life Books, the Smithsonian Magazine, the U.S. Postal Service and the National Park Service. First an illustrator for the army, he went on to work for commercial design studio's in Washington, DC before opening his own studio in 1967.

During the course of his career Richard has traveled extensively in Europe, the U.K. and the Americas, gathering research material and inspiration for various projects. He has been represented in a number of galleries in Washington DC, New York and San Fransisco.

ARTIST STATEMENT

Impressions come to me mostly in fragments. Perhaps it's because the country itself is so diverse; the tiled and gilded facade of Orvieto's splendid duomo, gleaming in the late afternoon sun like a collection of precious stones in a sun-colored setting. The warm, dream-tinted air of October Vindemmia, redolent opf crushed grapes and straw and sweat. The timeless, almost mystical serenity of a grove of ancient olives. Serried hillsides of vines punctuated by the geometry of cupolas and tile roofs of graceful villas with their marches of slender black cypresses. Pastels and earth tones - Burnt Umber, Ochre, Sienna. In Tuscany you learn the true nature of these pigments.