Richard Travers Roberts was born in 1956 and educated in North Buckinghamshire. He spent some of his formative years in Zambia and South Africa, before attending a foundation course in art and design at High Wycombe and later a BA Hons. Degree in sculpture at the Norwich School of Art.

His interest in wildlife was nurtured during the three years spent in Africa.His passion for bird life continues to the present day and he does voluntary surveys for the British Trust for Ornithology.

He has spent most of his working life as a freelance modeller but has recently developed a range of his own work in bronze. He moved to East Anglia to be nearer the rich bird life of the east coast but over the past 15 years he has come to know the Severn Valley and the Wyre Forest area well, which he finds a constant source of inspiration.

His work is exhibited at the Wildlife Art Gallery, Lavenham; Brian Sinfield Gallery, Burford; On the Wildside Gallery, Malvern; Beatrice Royal Gallery, Eastleigh and the Bruton Street Gallery, London. He has also exhibited at the Society of Wildlife Artists at the Mall Galleries London.

In 2004 he became a member of the Gloucestershire Guild of Craftsmen and exhibited with them at Great Barrington, Painswick and Waddesdon Manor. He has taken part in a nationwide touring exhibition organised by Turner Fine Arts in 2004 and again in 2005.