Roehl's colorful sculptures and paintings could be described as "pop/surreal" or "hyper pop". Most of his work is sharp, sophisticated, humorous, and often times "controversial", Occasionally, people label it as "dangerous". Theme and content vary; images are abstracted but always recognizable. They're also very colorful, and sometimes slightly "cartoonish".

Presently... there are over two thousand original, museum quality works in Roehl's repertoire. Many of them are in Museum collections or private collections. After moving to Florida in 1996, Roehl stopped exhibiting work regularly; his Florida production has not been seen in public. This web site exhibits examples of his Florida work... and also his California work.

Roehl wishes to pay special tribute to H.C. ("Cliff") Westermann, a close pen pal and "surrogate father". The artist was Westermann's last major protege. Westermann also served as the primary reference for a full artist fellowship that Roehl received from the National Endowment in 1979/80. After Westermann died, Roehl's career momentum floundered. Talent and "genius" does not necessarily guarantee market success, especially without sponsorship or proper mentoring. It should be noted here that many of the original letters between Richard Roehl and Cliff Westermann have been donated to the Contemporary Art Museum in Honolulu, one of Roehl's "favorite museum". The Contemporary Museum in Honolulu has also collected several other papers and artworks from Richard Roehl. Documents and artworks have also been donated from a variety of sources to the Laguna Art Museum in Los Angeles, another "favorite museum" of Richard Roehl.

Besides Westermann, several other artists have influenced Richard Roehl and his work over the years. Some of them are Ed Kienholz, Ed Ruscha, Jasper Johns, Ed Moses, Robert Rauschenberg, Robert Hudson, Larry Bell... and many Surrealists and Dadists artists. Special kudos must be given to John Wilson, an artist/Professor at the University of Colorado from the 60's through the 80's, It was Wilson who encouraged Roehl to use his "artist license with energetic abandon... and without concern for market forces".

In October of 1990... Richard Roehl's career in Los Angeles suffered "irreparable political damage" (quotes from the artist). He finally left his old hometown in 1995, and "retiring" (sic) to Dunedin, "a picturesque seaside village on the sun coast of the sunshine state" (Florida). Retirement, of course, doesn't really happen for real artists. Indeed! Richard Ralph Roehl works in his Florida Studio/shop every day... where he continues to make the best art that he can make! As a matter of fact... the "artist in exile" is probably making some of the best art of his life and career.