Richard Pelling studied Textile Design at the Central School of Art in London. After a career in printed textile design, working in London, New York and Japan he now paints full-time from his studio in Lewes.

Pelling is interested in classic subjects such as geometricals and landscapes. Using traditional oil-paint on canvas he likes to create modern, simplified pieces that have an almost printed quality to them.

Pelling prefers to paint with a muted pallet and uses his subject matters as a mechanism for applying colour and texture in a calm and deliberate way. The work is timeless and tranquil due to the naive shapes and the considered use of mediums.