Creating since 1973
The work of art, like the world, is a living form: it IS, and has no need for justification
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A winding road that is colored red with beeswax and comes to a single point.
Richard's Journey
"The work of art as a road sign – no absolute value in itself – the fundamental objective is the invocation of the ultimate silence. The symbolism contained in form is only a frame of reference through which one might glimpse the idea of the universe at peace."
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Who is Richard Lew?

Born in Washington D.C. in 1950 and raised in the D.C. area, Richard graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park with a Bachelor of Arts in 1972. He has exhibited throughout the region, including the Southeast Center for Contemporary Art, and a retrospective at Georgetown University as well as numerous art galleries. Richard has taught at the University of Maryland, and at Georgetown University, and has lectured at George Mason University, as well as Montgomery College. He has worked as a builder, designer, consultant and artist in residence on a number of restaurants and night clubs in Washington, D.C. and a variety of contemporary homes from Maine to South Carolina. 

A sculpture with a ribbed metal plate and with multiple copper and steel beams across it
Current Life

What he's doing now

Richard’s work is in various public and private collections throughout the United States.  Most recent commissions include Channel Square Commission Project in S. W. Washington, D.C., a private commission in Switzerland, the entrance signage for The Museum of the Shenandoah Valley and Mountain Vista in Stephen’s City, Va. The Museum of the Shenandoah Valley in Winchester, Virginia currently has a large sculpture of Richard’s on display on the museum grounds.  Richard has had studios in Greece, Washington, D.C., and West Virginia and presently resides and works in Clear Brook, Virginia.    

A painting with a copper road,  that lies over a blue beeswax body of water, leading to a copper city in the distance
Recent Work

Richard's Recent Pieces

Codex I

Codex I was constructed using carved limestone as a reference for language. Bronze shelving was used as an organizational tool. Perhaps referencing a library.

Codex II

Codex II was constructed using carved limestone as a reference for language. Bronze shelving was used as an organizational tool. Perhaps referencing a library.

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Feeling like a deer in the headlights

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