Education:   Wesleyan College, Macon, Georgia

Art Students League, New York, NY

Selected Credits

Who’s Who in American Art, Who’s Who in the South and Southwest

Small Works Exhibition, Thomas Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK

Collection of Oklahoma Artists, State of Oklahoma

"West 80" Exhibition, Minnesota Museum of Art

Oklahoma Annual Exhibition, Philbrook Museum

Annual Exhibition at National Academy of Design

Exhibitions

Kneeland Gallery, Ketchum, ID

John Szoke Gallery, New York, NY

Merrill-Chase Galleries, Washington, D.C. , Chicago, Atlanta

The American Club, Hong Kong

Harrington Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

Enthios Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

Cogswell Gallery, Vail, CO

Beth O’Donnell Gallery, Aspen, CO

Robertson Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA

River Run Gallery, Ketchum, ID

The Jayne Gallery, Kansas City, MI

Lucas Gallery, Telluride, CO

Editions Limited, Indianapolis, IN

Selected Public Collections

Southwestern Bell, Washington, D.C.

Phillips Petroleum Corporation, Washington, D.C.

Arthur Anderson Companies, St. Charles, IL

Marriott Hotels Corporation, Washington, D.C.

State Collection of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK

Oklahoma House of Representatives, Oklahoma City, OK

AT & T, San Ramon, CA

Yellow Freight, Kansas City, MI

Raymond James Financial, Inc., St. Petersburg, FL

Deen A. McGee Eye Institute, Oklahoma City, OK

Sarkey Law Center, Oklahoma City University, OK

Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Oklahoma City Branch, OK

Tupperware Corporation, Orlando, FL

Publications

Bravo Colorado-Cover Artist/Colorado Summer Music Festival, 1992

Equine Images-Feature Article, Summer, 1990

Plains, Myths and other Tales-A catalog of Jean Richardson paintings published by John Szoke Graphics, New York, NY

Santa Fean-Cover Features, November 1987 & January- February 1984, Santa Fe, NM

Western Art Digest-Feature Article, January-February 1986

Southwest Profile-Feature Article, May-June 1985

Art Gallery Magazine-Feature Article, February-March 1985

Books and Monographs

Turning Toward Home, The Art of Jean Richardson, by Dr. Joan Carpenter Troccoli, Denver Art Museum, published by John Szoke Graphics, New York, NY, 1998

Plains, Myths and Other Tales-A Catalog of Jean Richardson Paintings published by John Szoke Graphics, New York, NY, 1998

Selected Credits

Who’s Who in American Art, Who’s Who in the South and Southwest

Small Works Exhibition, Thomas Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK

Collection of Oklahoma Artists, State of Oklahoma

Minnesota Museum of Art "West 80" Exhibition

Oklahoma Annual Exhibition, Philbrook Museum

Annual Exhibition, National Academy of Design

 

Why the Horse?

When I am asked about my fascination with the horse as subject matter, I often describe how, on many levels, the image is ideal for my true subjects, motion and energy.

The horse as a real being is lovely in itself. I love to see and appreciate the power, the speed, and the physical beauty of the horse. My crayon drawings are my contact with this natural world.

The paintings, on the other hand, are my attempts to take this image and make of it a symbol. The horse as a metaphor for the human spirit; unbridled, striving, sometimes heroic, often restless, full of energy, floating above us, calling us to other realms.

I propose that it is not a new theme. Every culture has had at the center of its stories about itself a mythical figure of the horse. From the incredible images on the walls of prehistoric caves, to the tales of Norse mythology, to the modern play "Equus", the horse has been powerfully represented in the arts.

In this tradition, but in the contemporary vocabulary of the twentieth century painting, I have tried to explore my subject and find there my own emotional response.