Richard Loehle has had a busy and successful career as an illustrator, fine artist and portrait artist. He received a scholarship to the High Museum School of Art in 1940 and went to night school at Georgia Tech before moving to Nashville to attend an excellent small private art school. He met his wife, Betty, also an artist, at the school. They were married in 1947 and moved to Chicago to pursue their art careers.

The first few years in Chicago Richard had covers on sports magazines and Amazing Stories, and his cartoons and figurative line drawings were in the first issue of Playboy and subsequent issues for many years. Book illustration became his main focus, and he produced work for many major publishers in the United States. Reader's Digest became a client, and through that contact he met a writer with whom he collaborated to produce a book of his own about the home-made toys of the Depression.

Along with illustration Richard stayed busy with fine art, and his realistic paintings were well received, with numerous awards in national competitions and inclusion in museum and private collections.

In addition to his talents as an artist, Richard has always been interested in writing. He has written short stories, an autobiography and a science fiction novel. His novel, Bonobos, is available through Xlibris Marketing Services (please see news release).
 

Bonobos will be featured at the following book fairs: Oct. 15-16, 2009 NY Library Association Niagara Falls, NY Oct. 31-Nov. 1, 2009 CA Library Association Pasadena, CA For more information please contact Craig Loehl @aol.com.
	The Great American Depression Book of Fun, published by Harper Colophon Books, is available online through Amazon and Alibri.