Richard Turner's first profession was music, having studied the clarinet at the Vienna Conservatoire and classical guitar at the Royal Academy of Music (London). Throughout the thirty years or so in which he pursued a career as a recitalist and teacher he also maintained a keen interest and involvement in the visual arts. In 2000 he retired from the music profession to concentrate on his painting. He has successfully exhibited in numerous solo and group shows in Manchester, including the Portico Gallery, the Blyth Gallery, Colin Jellicoe's, and the Manchester Art Show; in Lancaster at the Sultan Gallery; in London at St Martin's-in-the-Fields, Jersey Galleries, Bankside and Cotton's Atrium and has also exhibited at the Lyceum, Crewe and in St. Ives, Cornwall. Richard has many works held in private collections in the UK, Europe and Australia.