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Born in 1961 in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, Richard Franklin has lived and studied in Europe, the Middle East and throughout the United States. Having graduated from International University High School, in Watford, England, Franklin attended Brigham Young University and the Colorado Institute of Art. He learned the art of oil painting studying with master artists in Saudi Arabia.
Franklin began his art career as a commercial artist. Between 1987 and 1989 he taught illustration art at the Phoenix Institute of Technology. In 1990, he spent one year studying in the museums of Europe, Belgium, Holland, France and Germany. The esthetics of the Old Masters impressed him a great deal and he continues the classical tradition in his work meticulously combining the technique of the Old Masters with his own contemporary sensibility to create unique works.
