Kevin Dwight Richardson
I am an interdisciplinary – newly ambidextrous artist, originally from Norwood, Missouri who has lived and worked on both the East and West coast.
My work has been featured in solo exhibits and group shows, events, festivals, and publications. I am a dual citizen of the US and the Cherokee Nation, currently living in Springfield, Missouri, and hold degrees in Studio Art and Communications.
Several years ago I discovered and began applying the work of Dr. Lucia Capacchione engaging the non-dominant hand in personal creative expression and self-discovery. As I applied her techniques, I began to see new images, ideas, and ways of creating emerge that felt more genuine and complete than before.
Then in January 2022, I decided to alter my creative practice by making drawings and paintings ONLY using my untrained left hand. This process felt awkward, uncertain, and scary – I was making bolder choices with composition, color and presentation that seemed more childlike, however, I pressed on in this new direction for an entire year to see where it would lead.
My art is the result of working with the materials using both hands without a preconceived intention of how the final piece will look. The resulting imagery is energetic, playful and bounds full speed for the borders of the surface usually ending with a poetic title influenced by nature and all arrived at from my new, exploratory perspective to the work. I encourage you as the viewer to explore and discover different subject matter hiding in plain site in this work – leading you to arrive with your own interpretation and theme, at a different destination.
Recent Collaborative Projects
• 2025 Arts and Culture Program Support Grants Reviewer that helped allocate $120,00 for regional arts initiatives to 20 agencies
• 2025 Judge for show awards to artists, their work and booths at "ArtsFest", an annual spring festival of visual and performing arts
• Contributed ideas for “Alone We Can Do So Little…” original choreography with dance troupe premiered at Spring Concert 2025
• Mentored Chamber of Commerce President in creating original art for "Bad Art by Good People" with the local Arts Council
• Created an original piece of art at the annual Springfield Ballets "Emerald Point" fundraiser to raise funds for programming
• Created an original piece of art with a stained glass artist
• Featured Artist in the Scale Challenge with the Walton Family Foundation and Center for Advancing Innovation - southwest Arkansas
• Directed and collaborated with other professional artists and university level students for two summers, running a creative arts program at Camp
Blue Ridge, a sleepover camp for girls 8 -16 years old in the Greater New York City area
• Artist in Residence, Omega Institute - New York State
Interests
I'm an Aquarius, so I'm curious about – just about everything!
