Richard Foster was born in 1945. He is a member of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters, and former Hon. Treasurer and Vice President. He is also a member of the Art Workers Guild.
 
His commissions have included:
 

HM The King of Norway HRH The Duke of Edinburgh HRH The Prince of Wales HRH The Princess of Wales HRH The Duke of Kent The Lord Home of the Hirsel Sir Anthony Hopkins Mrs Carter Brown	The Corsini Family The Visconti Family The Royal Collection The National Portrait Gallery The National Trust Eton College and Harrow School Oxford and Cambridge Colleges and many others
He has had numerous exhibitions in London including five at Spink and Son, as well as Rafael Vals, Partridge Fine Arts and Indar Pasricha. He exhibits every year with the Royal Society of Portrait Painters, and most years at the Royal Academy.   Richard Foster spends the majority of his time painting portraits, some in London, but many on location. He also likes to have exhibitions of his landscapes every so often.

His next one-man exhibition will be in May 2011
at The Gallery, 28 Cork Street, London W1S 3NG