Adam Richards (b.1973) is a careful, and detail-oriented artist whose creative voice and practice emerged in his late 40’s when he was first given access to a progressive studio space. Using delicate, controlled drawing tools such as graphite pencils and black ballpoint pens, Richards immediately began creating large-scale drawings on white paper composed of an intricate web of tiny symbols and shapes. 

Most of Richards’ symbolism is unknown, however all have significant personal meaning. Treasured personal subjects such as a pin, baseball, sun, vehicles, and portraits of people or his trusty pooh bear can be spotted within his work, which is stitched together with repeated symbols, characters and numbers.

Richards’ recent work marks a brave departure from the majority of his works to date. Through experimentation with Sunni ink, gouache and soft brushes, repeated and familiar symbols are both abstracted and fortified in a bold new form.