Book Covers.

Richard began as an illustrator and designer in the 1960s after graduating from Pratt Institute, stepping into a world of publishing, culture, and visual storytelling. His early work found its way onto book covers, magazine pages, and into institutions like The Metropolitan Opera.

Among his most recognized contributions were his illustrations for the novels of Dick Francis — drawings rendered with such care and precision that they seemed to glow from within. His early work was exhibited nationally and recognized by institutions including the Society of Illustrators.

What he was handed was whatever publishing needed that month: Shakespeare and Dickens, Elie Wiesel, a stack of racing thrillers, a book of insults, a diet diary, two arithmetic textbooks. He gave all of it the same attention. That's the thing to notice walking through these — you can't tell from the drawing which jobs he thought were beneath him, because apparently none of them were.