About The Artist

Born in Georgetown, Guyana, South America. At the age of nine she came to the United States and settled in Brooklyn, New York. Richlin attended Clara Barton High School and took art classes at the Brooklyn Museum. She also attended Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, NY, The School of visual Arts, New York City studied graphic design. In 1991 she married artist, Weldon Ryan, and started a family. With her husband started Rich and Well graphics, Inc. Later she worked as the Art Director of IDD Magazine for Thompson Financial, NYC. In 2004 she moved to Palm Coast Florida with her family and continued working as a graphic designer. She created Greenup Magazine, Voice Youth Magazine for the Florida Endowment Foundation, and was the creative art director for OVT magazine. In 2016 Richlin and Weldon Ryan opened Calypso Fine Art Gallery. Presently she is a full-time artist and curates art exhibitions for Bethune-Cookman University Performing Arts Center and Visual Gallery; and the Yvonne Scarlett-Golden Cultural and Educational Gallery. www.richlinryan.com www.calypsofineart.com