Richardson received an MFA in painting from Pratt Institute in 2000. He was a painting tech at Cooper Union in New York and a faculty member at Santa Fe University of Artd and Design. His work is appreciated and collected internationally. Collections include the Albuquerque Museum and Diamond Way Europe Center in Immenstadt Germany. His paintings were featured on the PBS weekly arts series, ¡COLORES!. In 2019, Richardson was a guest artist at the Tamarind Institute at the University of New Mexico.