Richard White was born in 1983 into an artistic family. His father is an architect and his mother is a potter. His is the great, great grandchild of Ludwig Fahrenkrog - a leading German impressionist painter. His grandmother Gisela, a portrait painter, was a constant source of influence and encouragement through out his early artistic career.
After studying illustration at Brighton university, Richard pursued his passion for painting and evolved his illustration style to produce work in mixed media. A combination of acrylics and scribbles provides the foundations for most of his current work.
His work is an extension of his fascination with the human form, colour and found objects. His paintings are a balance of realism and abstract, selective in detailing and conscientious of negative space.
Richard works under the pseudonym ‘Rico’.