Richard Tuff was born in Manchester in 1965. He completed a Foundation Art Course at Mid Cheshire College of Art in 1985 and went on to gain a Degree in Textile Design at Winchester School Of Art, showing his final year work at the Smiths Gallery, Covent Garden. Since graduating Richard has sold design work to many companies in England and abroad and his designs have been used for the textile industry in America, Europe and Japan. He has also sold work to be reproduced as magazine covers and card designs. Richard moved to Cornwall at the end of 1988 having spent some time painting there in 1987-1988 and since then has concentrated on his paintings. Richard Tuff's paintings are characterised by their rich palette, with many subtle changes of light and tone capturing so well the Cornish harbours and towns. He carefully studies the subject matter to be painted and then captures the essence and the feeling of a place, often disregarding the natural order of things and celebrating instead the abstract rhythm of colour and shape. A gifted colourist, Tuff's work is celebrated and collected worldwide.
