RICHARD LAU comes from Michigan, U.S.A., where he was born, grew up and worked for more than 30 years for the state's largest telephone company. He moved to Chicago in 2014, just a few months before he turned 70, which to him is turning 35 years old a second time. He always looks forward to painting more works. It Dropped Out and Other Works - 133 Paintings by Richard Lau is Volume 1, the first of two books that randomly divide the full collection of works from his most comprehensive book to date, Richard Lau Paintings - 273 Works by the Artist. Volume 2 is Happy Again and Other Works - 140 Paintings by Richard Lau. All three books were simultaneously published.