Norman J. Olson is a 60 year old poet and artist. He lives near St. Paul, Minnesota, usa... He worked from 1968 to 1988 in a factory printing telephone books and since 1988, has worked at civil service jobs. He has a bachelors degree in art and English literature and an MA degree in art. He is a great admirer of Victorian painting and of the art of the Ndbele women of South Africa and have studied both extensively. He is a pacifist and opposed to war any time and any place... and he thinks damien hirst and all the millionairs who buy his art are a bunch of idiots... but that is just his opinion and he could be wrong...