#johnolsen

Not a music related post.. but an important one for Australian Art History.. as Australia looses a legend of the art world 💔 Vale John Olsen 1928-2023 ✨ “Painting is a means of self-enlightenment…” 💫 Farewell Mr Olsen.. thank you for your dedication to the arts in this country and for the inspiration and enlightenment.. 💫 Pictured is one of our favourite pieces that hangs in the collection of the @artgalleryofnsw in Sydney: Five Bells, 1963 by John Olsen 💙 'Five bells was my first commission to paint in situ to cover a wall … I didn’t hesitate. I brushed a line around the core theme, the seed-burst, the life-burst, the sea-harbour, the source of life. Inside and around this core, I painted images drawn from metaphors and similes in [Kenneth] Slessor’s poem of our harbour city, and from my own emotional and physical involvement with the harbour, and with my young family in Watsons Bay … 'I wanted to show the Harbour as a movement, a sea suck, and the sound of the water as though I am part of the sea ... The painting says directly what I wanted to say: "I am in the sea-harbour, and the sea-harbour is in me".' - John Olsen, 1928-2023 @johnolsenartist 💙 Sending peace, love and light to his family @timjolsen @louise_olsen @stephenormandy @camilleormandy @olsen_gallery RIP ❤️ #johnolsen #australianart #fivebells #art #enlightenment #magic #visualart #dream #artist #inspiration #arthistory #legendsneverdie #australia #australianartist #rip (at Art Gallery of New South Wales) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cq7lbNBPcSu/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Last night I went to MONAs ‘The Golden Hour’. Wonderful evening of great food and art with @matthewjhill9 and a long table of randoms #tasmania #hobart #mona #jamesturrell #johnolsen #nofilter #hipsterkitchen #monabar https://www.instagram.com/p/Br6UHLigNB3/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=sb1ytham40kv

#Painting is a means of #SelfEnlightenment. - #JohnOlsen Art is a digital manipulation of a photo of a piece that I am not done with. Quick shot before adding my magic which will make it harder to photograph. I picked the quote because I know it is true for me. You can discover so much about yourself in your work. If you would like to see more of my work you can follow me on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/amynordbythe... Live show every Saturday night 10 PM Eastern Standard Time You can also find me on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/AmyNordbyArtist #MotivationMonday #DigitalArt #CTArtist #ConnecticutArtist (at Meriden, Connecticut) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpibfStDA6Z/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ibg8ln5bnas9

The beautiful John Olsen work #johnolsen #oilpainting #art #artaustralia #painting #wineries #berrima (at Bendooley Estate)

Ideas like seeds require complimentary conditions to flourish. #Notebooks for ideas, warm soil for seeds. Last year I have the immense pleasure of meeting my mentor @joshuayeldham at @tweedregionalgallery. Joshua gave an extraordinary artist talk which he brought to a masterful crescendo. Not before he told a charming tale about meeting John Olsen at a bus stop on the way to get art supplies. After introductions the elder statesmen admonished Yeldham for not carrying a notebook, before showing him the 4 ideas he had already captured that day. Today John Olsen is 90, what better day to celebrate ideas, notebooks and Australia’s Greatest Living Artist. #notebook #sketchbook #sketch #drawing #JohnOlsen #AustralianLandscapePainting #LandscapePainting #AustralianArtist (at Bangalow 2479)

Day7 of 7. Time to relax. Ooops I've stuffed up again talking...... #blackandwhitechallenge #vino #johnolsen

#ArtsCentre original art: #JohnOlsen's #Carmen and the Bullring, 1984, in the foyer of the #StateTheatre (where operas are staged). One of his splendid sunburst paintings :) (at Arts Centre Melbourne)

Not an ordinary exhibition in a non-ordinary evening #johnolsen (at Art Gallery of New South Wales)