For many years I worked as an illustrator with traditional media - primarily watercolour and pencil, but soon adopted digital tools when they became available. I have been working professionally with photoshop and illustrator now for about 10 years.

Wherever photography is used, I primarliy use my own shots and have an extensive and ever expanding library to draw from.

Illustrations (including maps and diagrams) can be commissioned for any purpose and can be supplied for print, online or presentation use.


I feel a very lucky man to be able to gain my living from this work and no matter what the subject, I always try to infuse it with my own character and serve the subject matter well.

I would like to say a thank you here to all those who have kept me in this work for so many years.

" Richard has supplied dozens of superb, well crafted illustrations for my book Sense and Sustainability and for use in workshops across the world, in fact I would say that
without him the Ellen MacArthur Foundation would not have been able to make the positive and engaging start that it has. His work has clarity and sensitivity"

Ken Webster: Head of Learning
at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation

The amazing artwork by Richard Crookes draws you in, as it is mystical, magical, alchemical, and full of light. (iilustrations for the book The Angels of Atlantis by Stewart Pearce)

Sarah Ince - Ecoluminescence