Art Cards 2023 - Jeff Olson

2023 ART CARD

Jeff Olson

Artist Bio

The central theme of my work has always lain within the primacy of “brushstroke” in the process of painting. It is in essence the evidence of the physical interaction of the artist with the “stuff of this world,” – an evidence of life. I am fascinated by the leap made by an individual or the collective imagination to conceive of the possibilities that lie within any material, image, or object. Where meaning and form can be translated in the mind’s eye far beyond the intrinsic make up of that which is seen. In my work I try to capture that moment of becoming, when the paint on the canvas floats between what it is and what it might be. At a fundamental level it is about transformation. The process of painting becomes an echo of the traces left from a story of living imprinted on the land.