E-mail Harry at HLRichart@aol.com, Phone 301-865-5863
Maryland artist Harry Lamar Richardson paints realistic watercolors and acrylics of rural landscapes and Chesapeake Bay scenes. Harry was born and raised in Frederick County, Md. He graduated from Frederick High School in 1961, Frostburg University in Western Maryland, class of 1965, and on a full fellowship, earned a Master's Degree at Arizona State University in 1968.
A former art teacher at Parkdale High School, Harry became a full-time artist in 1985. Since then, he has exhibited in many galleries and art festivals in the Mid-Atlantic Region. He was a member of Spectrum Gallery in Georgetown, Washington, D.C. for nineteen years. His paintings and prints are in private and corporate collections all over the United States and several foreign countries. His work is in the art collection of Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. He has exhibited in group shows at the Baltimore Museum Of Art, the Corcoran Museum, Washington, DC, the Chrysler Museum, the Mariner's Museum in Newport News, VA., and other major exhibitions.
In 2008, he was invited to paint a large ornament with four representive scenes from Western Maryland for the Blue Room Christmas tree at the White House. He and his wife Deborah were honored to attend a special reception and dinner at the White House, hosted by Laura Bush.
In the fall of 2011, four of his paintings were chosen for a special 80th Anniversary Exhibition at the Washington County Museum Of Fine Arts in Hagerstown, Maryland. The show was called "The
Wyeth Family and The Wyeth Influence" and featured art by Andrew Wyeth, son Jamie Wyeth, and other family members, as well as regional artists like Harry, who were influenced by the Wyeth style of realism.
In March of 2012, Harry and his wife Deborah were featured in a Maryland Public Television documentary, " Historic Barns Of Maryland ". The show features a variety old barns and their past and present uses, as well as interviews with the owners, historians, and artists who love to be around these historic structures.
In September, 2013, Harry received the People's Choice Award for his paintings at Artsfest, a large outdoor festival at the beautiful Annmarie Gardens in Southern Maryland.
Harry's wife, Deborah Lovelace Richardson, is an accomplished artist. A graduate of Maryland Institute, College of Art, she creates beautiful fused artglass bowls, pendants, and necklaces. She is also a prize-winning oil painter who likes to paint in the "plein air" style. Harry and Deborah are charter life members of the Delaplaine Visual Arts Center in Frederick, Maryland.
Harry's younger brother, Barry D. Richardson, was also a popular artist in the Frederick area. Barry died of cancer in 2001. He will always be remembered for his beautiful landscape paintings and his generosity to others.
Harry Richardson has a studio and gallery at his home near New Market, Maryland that is open by appointment. Always on display are over one hundred of Harry's framed paintings and signed collector's prints. Many scenes are nearly sold out and will not be available elsewhere. There is also a complete frame shop on the premises.
Harry and his wife Deborah also have a waterfront studio on a secluded point on the wide Patuxent River near Solomons, Maryland in Southern Calvert County. Here they gain inspiration for the bay-related art they create as they watch the waterman go about their work, and observe the wildlife of the Chesapeake Bay.
You may visit Harry's studio by appointment only. You may contact him at HLRichart@aol.com or by phone at 301-865-5863
Photo of Harry by Harriet Wise Photography
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