In addition to private practice he spent much of his professional life working in not-for-profit agencies, as a clinician, supervisor and administrator. He was also a board member of A Better World Fund, a small charitable organization. Richard has been sketching, painting and photographing for much of his life. Over the years he took classes at the Brooklyn Museum, Cooper Union and with Betsy Jacarusso, Maj Kalfus and others. Along the way he taught himself pastel and oil pastel painting. Most recently he has taken several classes at the Art School of Columbia County. His work has appeared in various shows in Columbia and Greene Counties.