Richard Adams
When he is not playing the jazz violin, Richard Adams considers himself an abstract painter. He draws his inspiration from nature, colours, textures, shapes, surfaces and remembering these, he can at a later date produce them with feeling on canvas. He likes his work to have a certain amount of spontaneity to it. This helps him feel that he is the guide of the brush rather than the master.
Richard first exhibited his paintings in 1982 in Wellington, New Zealand. Since then, the Auckland based artist has become nationally and internationally renowned for his work, exhibiting in Tokyo, Sydney, New York, London, Hong Kong and Dubai, as well as locally.