Gallery Artists: Rose Olson

These paintings reveal their final surface color through s layering process. Colors painted in translucent layers resulting in a luminous surface with a sense of open space. Soft and bold horizontal bands are added to contribute to the openness and create quiet movements in space. The simple marks caused by the vertical and horizontal brush strokes contain the irregularity of the human hand and are intended to work dynamically with the formality of the mathematically placed bands. Both are the result of an obsessive endeavor to create a sense of calm.

Rose is a Boston painter who exhibits widely in the New England and New York areas. During the past year, she has had one person shows at Hallspace and Kingston Gallery in Boston. Recent group exhibitions include: “Generations III, A.I.R. Gallery, Soho, “New England New Talent”, Fitchburg Museum, “Large: Drawings by Members of the Montserrat Faculty”, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA, and “Alumni/AE Juried Exhibition”, Tufts University Gallery, Aidekman Arts Center, Medford, MA. In discussing her work, a recent reviewer stated, “Rose Olson focuses on the brightness of color and its translation into light.”

Title:Cirrus #6
Medium: Acrylic on Wood
Size: 29"x24"

Title: w + w #5
Medium: Acrylic on Wood
Size: 15"x15"

Title: DF on My Mind
Medium: Acrylic on Four Wooden Boxes
Size: 18"x72"

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