[2] He worked alongside Alma B. Wright in 1916 to paint the mural "Utah Lake" on a wall of the capital.
These portraits included governors William Spry, Charles Rendell Mabey, and Herbert Brown Maw.
[5] He also finished a mural "Great Men of Knowledge"[6] in 1940 in the University of Utah Park Building which was modified in 2000 due to the objections of Muslim student of it depicting Muhammad.
[7] Richards planned and sketched the paintings, and then worked with artists Gordon Cope and Henry Rasmussen to complete the project.
[8] The paintings were completed in 1934 and installed in the Capitol the following year to mark the opening of the Utah Arts Institute annual exhibition.