Richard's Art289 Home Page for Winter 2026

Introduction

Richard is an Oregon based artist, photographer, and architectural designer adept in multiple media. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Philosophy and Fine Art from Oregon State University and a Master's in Architecture from the University of Oregon.

He is self taught in digital and ink illustrating, which are his primary media, as well as being a professional pumpkin carver and has done murals up to 1,600 SF. While interested in art throughout his life, Richard has become highly prolific in the last few years, creating new art daily. His hope is that his art inspires creativity and elicits joy in others.

Projects

Project 1: Semantic HTML

Man stands face to face with the irrational. He feels within him his longing for happiness and for reason. The absurd is born of this confrontation between the human need and the unreasonable silence of the world.

Albert Camus

Project 2: Basic Layout

The human heart has a tiresome tendency to label as fate only what crushes it. But happiness likewise, in its way, is without reason, since it is inevitable.

Albert Camus

Project 3: Portfolio Website

We may be headed in a dangerous direction, but the vague conclusion seemed to be that we wouldn’t know unless we tried.

Sayaka Murata