Watercolorist / avid arranger of Dust and mud

About the artist

My name is Kris Olson. I'm an artist focusing in watercolor, pastel, graphite, and digital mediums (sculpting, painting, and photography).  I've studied and practiced art for as long as I can remember and have formally trained at the Academy of Realist Art in Boston. I'd be lost without a paintbrush and pencil in my hands. It's interesting to me how something as simple as applying pigment to paper, dust to substrate, can enchant someone to the core, becoming  an endless well of joy in their life. I love painting, creating, and reaching for a feeling that what I'm making could mean something to whatever grand scheme is writing in the background, or to a person viewing my work. I currently live and work in Boston, MA. I attended the Academy of Realist Art Boston where I learned traditional academic drawing and painting techniques. I have a passion for the natural world, which is a connecting line between all my pieces, from the gritty to the beautiful. My work aims takes inspiration from the great naturalist illustrators of the past and inject my own personal take on how we view the earth and the beasts that crawl or fly around us as humans, as guests in their world. I want to share stories of from their perspective, some light and some dark, a balance of natural beauty and despair, life and death, man and nature. I hope my work can bring you the same joy and appreciation for the beasts we reside with in this stunning world.

Thank you for viewing my work.

Cheers,

Kris Olson