Richard Olmsted

Richard Olmsted

Richard Olmsted is an American artist living in Bellingham, Washington. Raised in Mount Vernon, Washington, Olmsted is best known for his pencil drawings. Olmsted has had showings at Thinkspace Gallery in Los Angeles (with Chet 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 in Seattle, WA, and the "B" Gallery at Western 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 by anarchist collective CrimethInc.. [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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