Jeff Olson

I am an artist with a significant and original body of work spanning more than twenty-five years.

My paintings offer a unique vision of the landscape and the inspirational forces of nature which shape it.

The canvases are boldly colored and the brushwork dynamic, reflective of the physicality of the land and the processes of painting.

My primary medium is acrylic paint on canvas, applying the material with a direct and rapt technique.

Genuine painting involves risk-taking. I rely on spontaneity and embrace the unplanned and accept that painting, like nature, is a continuous chain.

The emphasis of my process is one of discovery. It is this philosophy that makes painting exciting and meaningful for me, and feeds my ambitions as an artist.

1992 - MFA, School of Fine Art, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
1988 - BA in Fine Arts, School of Fine Art, Washington State University, Pullman, WA

Selected Solo

2019 - Making My Mark, Paintings by Jeff Olson, Art Gallery Tacoma Community College, Tacoma, WA
- Art on View: Featuring Jeff Olson, at Auburn City Hall Gallery, Auburn, WA
- Deambular (to Wander), Atelier Drome Architecture & Design, Seattle, WA.
- Vicennial: Paintings by Jeff Olson 1999-2019, Renegade Red Studio & Gallery, Hoquiam, WA
2018 - 5 Years: The Salon Show, CORE Gallery, Seattle, WA
- Recent Paintings, BCH, Arts & Festivals Commission, Percent for Public Art, Bothell, WA
2017 - Beguiling Gambol: Paintings by Jeff Olson, CORE Gallery, Seattle, WA
2016 - Sea & Stone: Paintings by Jeff Olson, CORE Gallery, Seattle, WA
- Guest Artist Series, West Sound Academy, Poulsbo, WA
- Paintings 1999-2015, Gallery II, Fine Art Center, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
2015 - Familiar Tetouan, GOA Gallery, Tetouan, Morocco
- Reflections, CORE Gallery, Seattle, WA
2014 - A River Runs Through It: New Paintings by Jeff Olson, CORE Gallery, Seattle, WA
2010 - New Work, University of Washington, School of Law, Brotman Gallery, Seattle, WA
2002 - Visiting Artists Series, Kinsey Gallery, Seattle University, Seattle, WA

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