Gretchen Olson Arts
Artists Statement:
I am enamored by the beauty and richness of my natural surroundings. As a child I recall dissecting a flower so as to feel and see each part of the flower to better understand it’s structure. I marveled in it’s natural intricacies and the precision with which it was assembled, as it often displayed an almost unnatural pattern symmetry. As an adult I strive year after year to find a plant for my garden whose color is brighter, more vivid and more saturated than last year’s, and whose structure is succulent, soft, and organic. When I do, there is a small sensory well within me that becomes satiated. I find myself trying to help others find this well and fill it through my art.
I aim to draw the observer into my tiny world of color, shape, texture and pattern. While someone may overlook the visual complexities of the flower, I hope that they will be compelled to touch and feel my artwork, ingesting the beauty of simple patterns and organic shapes. I hope they will immerse themselves into the intensity of the piece’s color and stay awhile, emerging a little more at peace than when they first arrived. Even if they never knew they had that small sensory well within them, I hope they depart with that certain satiation that helps them feel a bit more satisfied.
I am enamored by the beauty and richness of my natural surroundings. As a child I recall dissecting a flower so as to feel and see each part of the flower to better understand it’s structure. I marveled in it’s natural intricacies and the precision with which it was assembled, as it often displayed an almost unnatural pattern symmetry. As an adult I strive year after year to find a plant for my garden whose color is brighter, more vivid and more saturated than last year’s, and whose structure is succulent, soft, and organic. When I do, there is a small sensory well within me that becomes satiated. I find myself trying to help others find this well and fill it through my art.
I aim to draw the observer into my tiny world of color, shape, texture and pattern. While someone may overlook the visual complexities of the flower, I hope that they will be compelled to touch and feel my artwork, ingesting the beauty of simple patterns and organic shapes. I hope they will immerse themselves into the intensity of the piece’s color and stay awhile, emerging a little more at peace than when they first arrived. Even if they never knew they had that small sensory well within them, I hope they depart with that certain satiation that helps them feel a bit more satisfied.