About Richard Manning
Biography
Worked in Commercial Art Studios after leaving school in 1964. Trained as Retoucher/Airbrush Illustrator at a studio in Holborn, London EC1. Worked in a number of Studios after 5 year apprenticeship then Freelance in 1973. Retouching and Illustration for National Press Advertising and Record Sleeve Artwork until 2001. From '73 freelanced for Hipgnosis the Record Sleeve designers. Pink Floyd, Led Zepelin, Black Sabbath, Genesis, Wings and many more were some of the bands I was privileged to work on. I stopped working in London in 2001 and continued to work at home having started working on the Apple Mac in 1996.
I produced Limited Edition Prints from my Photography and had an exhibition stand at the NEC for 3 years, selling to the US, Germany, Switzerland and a number of galleries in the UK. Having painted in Watercolour for many years and 17 local one man exhibitions, I turned my attention to oils in 2005.
I produced Limited Edition Prints from my Photography and had an exhibition stand at the NEC for 3 years, selling to the US, Germany, Switzerland and a number of galleries in the UK. Having painted in Watercolour for many years and 17 local one man exhibitions, I turned my attention to oils in 2005.
