Erik Olson: "In The Trees"

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Erik Olson, "Tree House", 2018, oil on canvas, 71" x 55"

Opening  Reception: Friday March 2, 2018 6-9 pm

Artist in Attendance - Remarks at 7pm

Erik Olson’s latest body of work, “In the Trees”, brings together a group of new paintings and related sculptures. The central theme of this solo exhibition develops from Olson’s interest in the natural environment, specifically as a temporary site of refuge.

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Inspired by Italo Calvino’s 20th century novel, The Baron in the Trees, Olson considers a particular form of escapism granted by a withdrawn existence in the forest. His resulting paintings and sculptures depict these provisional dwellings, their inhabitants and the surrounding plants and animals in characteristically vivid colour.