Ariana Richards | Artist

Ariana Richards is a talented, award-winning painter and an internationally recognized actress best known for her appearance in Jurassic Park as “Lex Murphy.” Today, Ariana is a Mentor Member of the California Art Club and a member of the Portrait Society of America and the Oil Painters of America.

Ariana Richards grew up with a passion for classical art. She went on to Skidmore College, where she earned a B.S. degree in Fine Arts and Drama with distinction. She pursued her education at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, where she received mentoring from some of the most illustrious names in Contemporary Impressionism. Ariana Richards’ family has a long history of art. In fact, you can trace her ancestry back to Carlo Crivelli, a contemporary of Botticelli, in the early Italian Renaissance. Ariana’s ongoing work demonstrates the Old Masters’ classical influence, as well as the complexities of Impressionist artists, most notably Monet and Degas. Historic painters such as John Singer Sargent, Anders Zorn, Mary Cassatt, and Joaquin Sorolla have influenced her work.