Richard Mayhew was born in 1924 in Amityville, New York. His reverence for the land and sea was established during his early years in Long Island. In the late 1950s, Mayhew studied art at the Brooklyn Museum of Fine Art School, the Art Students League, and the Brooklyn Museum Art School. His works have been exhibited widely in solo and group shows, and are in the collections of major museums. Primarily a landscape painter, Mayhew's works represent the spirituality and universality of nature. His landscapes are generally drawn from memory and executed in the studio. Mayhew, who refers to himself as an improvisationalist, also credits his link with the land and nature to his Native American and African American heritage. His interpretive landscapes compliment the emotional aspects of color; this can be seen particularly well in the print "A Landscape for Bob," depicting a bright landscape and uplifting scenery.
