Rose Olson

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

  • Pencil Perfect Purple

    acrylic on maple veneer 25 x 25 x 5 cm 10 x 10 x 2 in 2014

  • Byzantine Light

    acrylic on maple veneer 114 x 76 x 5 cm 45 x 30 x 2 in 2014

  • Watching Blue

    acrylic on maple veneer 25 x 25 x 5 cm 10 x 10 x 2 in 2014

  • Deep

    acrylic on maple veneer 20 x 20 x 5 cm 8 x 8 x 2 in 2014

  • Corridors

    acrylic on maple veneer 20 x 20 x 5 cm 8 x 8 x 2 in 2014

  • Magnetic Red

    acrylic on maple veneer 76 x 76 x 5 cm 30 x 30 x 2 in 2013

  • Blue Rose

    acrylic on maple veneer 25 x 25 x 5 cm 10 x 10 x 2 in 2013

  • Cool Rush

    acrylic on maple veneer 25 x 25 x 5 cm 10 x 10 x 2 in 2013

  • Summer City Night

    acrylic on birch veneer 102 x 102 x 5 cm 40 x 40 x 2 in 2010

  • Waking in the Blue

    acrylic on birch veneer 76 x 76 x 8 cm 30 x 30 x 3 in 2010

  • Expanding Light

    acrylic on birch veneer 30 x 30 x 8 cm 12 x 12 x 3 in 2008

  • Needed Yellow

    acrylic on birch veneer 107 x 76 x 5 cm 42 x 30 x 2 in 2008

  • New Orange

    acrylic on birch veneer 107 x 76 x 5 cm 42 x 30 x 2 in 2008

  • Copper Mist

    acrylic on maple veneer 102 x 56 cm 40 x 22 in 2007

  • Slipping into Byzantium

    acrylic on maple veneer 30 x 30 x 8 cm 12 x 12 x 3 in 2007

  • FireStart

    acrylic on maple veneer 102 x 56 cm 40 x 22 in 2007

  • Square of Reds

    acrylic on cherry plywood 25 x 25 cm 10 x 10 in 2006

  • Orange Arbiter

    acrylic on maple veneer 63.5 x 38 x 10 cm 25 x 15 x 4 in 2006

  • Pulse

    acrylic on maple veneer 61 x 38 x 10 cm 24 x 15 x 4 in 2006

  • Open

    acrylic on wood 107 x 107 cm 42 x 42 in 2005

  • Transparent Cirrus

    acrylic on wood 46 x 46 x 8 cm 18 x 18 x 3 in 2003

Color has a sharpening aspect affecting our senses and intellect simultaneously. Contemporary liquid colors and industrial plywood make my present work possible. Plywood has extraordinary veneers, each specific to what was once a living tree. The liquid hues layered in many transparent colors enhance each woodgrain pattern while contributing to the painting’s luminosity.

Every surface pattern of wood is different. When it is combined with layers of these liquid colors, it becomes something as unique as a fingerprint, encouraging the viewer to stop and look into the work.

Multiple layers of paint and the hard edge bands also create spatial- and color-changing effects in each painting as the viewer moves or the actual light changes revealing another way of seeing that world.

contact & information

more information about the artist
roseolson.com

email Rose Olson
rose@roseolson.com

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