A Portrait of the Artist

Since receiving his Master of Fine Arts in Scene Design at North Carolina School of the Arts in 1989 Richard Harrison has worked many years in painting murals, designing scenery and teaching high school and college students how to design and paint.

Richard Harrison has done mural work in Omaha, Chicago, Minneapolis, South Carolina, and Colorado. His work with the Thomas Melvin Painting Studio in Chicago included the A.T. &T. corporate headquarters and work for the Chicago Art Institute.