Richard Franklin

Figurative artist, ceramist, instructor, and Architect; throughout his Architectural career, Richard Franklin always made time to study, explore, and practice the fine arts. He has had a life-long love of drawing, as well as making 3-dimensional work in ceramics and sculpture. Extensive travel stimulates his imagination. He was associated with the Torpedo Factory Art Center in Alexandria, VA from 1980 to 1998 and showed regularly in their galleries. He has also shown in the Ojai Cewnter for the Arts, Ojai Cafe Emporium, Ojai Valley Historical Society and Museum, Ventura County Museum of History and Art Visitor's Center, Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts, Ventura County Government Center, and was the featured artist at Focus on the Masters in 2005. He continues the Life Drawing workshops at the Ojai Art Center and actively participates in the Ojai Studio Artists showing work at several venues each year. His work has received numerous awards and most recently at the Ventura County Fair Professional Arts exhibit.