Richard Lewis

BornTexas, educated in Oregon, lives and works in Washington since 1980

As a young artist heavily influenced by the work of Diane Arbus (portraits of people on fringes), began doing portraits of co-workers

Has explored variety of formats including panorama, large format cameras often makes his own, has done series of rivers and waterways in Pacific Northwest ala 19th century survey project

1986 exhibition at Tacoma Art Museum

Part of Blue Sky Gallery exh series in 2003