About the Artist Richard l. Holmes

Richard broke out of his artistic shell at the age of six. Using color pencil, he created his first landscape mural. Drawing became an obsession for him and over the next 11 grades he would find him self getting into trouble quite often with his peers for drawing in class instead of focusing on his lessons. His parents were not shocked to realize that the artwork though proudly presented by his 8th grade teacher in a mechanical drawing class had little to do with the class lessons. Over the years and many mediums later, Richard found that drawing was only part of what he loved. His passion lied with in creating textures using mixed mediums known today as faux painting and dimensional art.

In 1986, at the age of 19, artisan Richard l Holmes started his professional painting journey as an apprentice house painter. During the day, he would work for his employer and at night, he was honing his artistic skills.

Over the next 14 years, Richard had become a master in his profession. While working for others, he had painted everything from historical structures to the architectural elements on Seattle’s Safeco Field. In 1999, Richard branched off and opened his decorative painting company. This self-taught artist had taken his passion for the arts and melted it together with his professional background to form his company known today as RL. Holmes. Offering decorative finishes in Italian plaster, faux effects, Trompe l’ oeil murals and more. Today you will find his elegant work in prestigious restaurants, hotels, homes, and yachts, in addition to commercial & historic buildings all over the northwest.