Works by Curtis Olson
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Curtis Olson
Fields and Streams of Sub-consiousness
Diehl Gallery
August 2008

Landscape Memoiries

This body of work has evolved from my exploration to find an art form that is truly western which is rooted in our landscape but also in our present time. I’m exploring a combination of abstraction and realism. I base the piece from a pure form of realism, a photograph that I take. The abstraction comes from the patina of the metal and the colors and textures of the panels to evoke feelings or memories I had for that place.

These pieces are about Memories held by a place – the earth and soil and the Memories we hold and alter over time. Growing up all over the Western United states in a semi-nomadic childhood I have always been attracted to the vastness and loneliness of the land. The simple black and white landscape photographs, patina metal, and deep color and texture combine to give these works a roughness and age. Each aspect of these pieces also represent my exploration of the aesthetic concept known to the Japenese as “Wabi-Sabi”, relating to the beauty evoked by natural processes, age, impermanence, rustic imperfection and earthy unpretentiousness.

Two New Series within the Landscape Memories body of work:

Fields Series

Using pure contemporary colors, this series are true modern Abstract pieces evoking western landscape vistas and the conventions of traditional western landscape paintings. Patinaed metal represents the ground plane.

Horizon Series

This series celebrate the vast horizons found in the American West and are based upon photos .