Richard Fanelli is a fine artist and architect and a graduate of the Philadelphia College of Art, now called the Philadelphia University of the Arts. He has been an instructor at George Mason University, Mount Vernon College and the International Facility Management Association. Richard has been painting since he was 15 years old and grew up with artist parents who also attended the Philadelphia College of Art. Richard remembers growing up with the smell of oil paint and turpentine in his many painting journeys to art studios with his parents.
In more recent years, Richard has studied landscape painting and portrait painting under well-known professional artists which include Adrienne Wyman, David Lussier, Robert Liberace, Bethanne Kinsella Couple and Ann Larson.