Richard Caroll Jr.
Richard Carroll Jr. is a Harlem based painter, actor and personal trainer.
Growing up in East Orange and North Brunswick, NJ, he was drawn to sports like many young boys. His personal interest in health & fitness led him to manage a health food store in his early 20s. The store focused on vitamins; natural herbs; and holistic health, healing, and energies. It was during this time a creative energy awakened within him.
In his mid 20s, he moved to New York City where he began an artistic journey that included experimentation with theatre, film, music and modeling. However, it was when he put a paintbrush to canvas that he found himself able to enter an almost meditative state that allowed his creative energy to flow.
His work is inspired by his Harlem neighborhood. Through images of jazz instruments, performers, and modern dancers he evokes its jazz era roots, political history and the vibrancy of its revitalization.