- Richard Olmsted
Richard Olmsted is an American artist living in
Bellingham, Washington . Raised inMount Vernon, Washington , Olmsted is best known for his pencil drawings. Olmsted has had showings atThinkspace Gallery inLos Angeles (withChet Zar and Lola), [cite web |url= http://www.sourharvest.com/thinkspace/press/Thinkspace_press_odd.php |title = Press release |accessdate= 2008-01-23] Mutiny Tattoo in Bellingham, The Wayward Cafe inSeattle, WA , and the "B" Gallery atWestern Washington University .Works
Olmsted's work tends to make obvious political statements, commenting on such things as the deleterious effects of civilization and the destruction of the natural world. Olmsted even donated a drawing to be used as a cover for a CD to benefit the E.L.F./A.L.F. North American Press Office. He has also done album art for
To What End? , and [http://www.myspace.com/blackbreath Black Breath] . Olmsted recently had a print used in the book "Expect Resistance ", as well as on limited-edition postcards, both published byanarchist collectiveCrimethInc. . [cite web
url=http://www.crimethinc.com/blog/2008/06/14/green-birds-of-confusion-postcard/
title=Green Birds of Confusion Postcard
work=CrimethInc. Far East Blog
accessdate=2008-06-14
author=pfm]References
External links
* [http://www.richardolmsted.com Richard Olmsted Homepage]
* [http://www.attackfanzine.net/profiled/olmsted.htm Interview in Attack Fanzine]
* [http://www.activeartist.org/artist_interview/?interview_id=2 Interview at Active Artist Alliance]
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