Dana Olsen.
My lifetime profession was teaching primary education but I have always made time to produce art and take art classes.
After retirement, I could really focus on my painting. I enjoy painting a variety of subject matter and primarily paint from my own photos, on-site scenes, with a still life or a life experience. Most of my work leans toward a somewhat impressionistic style and I am currently experimenting with abstract impressionism and abstract expressionism. Some of my paintings are executed very quickly while others are a several month project. I believe paintings are constructed with “pieces of paint” – using correct value, color shape and composition to create a pleasing image. Every one of my abstract works tells a story from a real-life experience. That experience helps guide my painting to say what is important about that moment.
Some of my favorite painters are Ted Goerschner, Charles Sovak, Milton Avery, Nicolai Fechin Franz Biscoff and Larry Moore.
Some of my favorite workshop teachers are Bill Fletcher, Larry Moore, Quang Huang, Anne Blair Brown and Tracy Everly.
Being part of an art community is important to any artist. It provides you support, free critiques, sharing of techniques and overall improves your work. I am member of the Cincinnati Art Club, Signature member of the Woman’s Art Club of Cincinnati, Brush and Palette Painters of Cincinnati and Hog Bristle Painters.
Pieces of my work are currently shown at:
Eisele Gallery of Fine Art – Cincinnati, Ohio
ARTclectic Gallery of Fine Art – Cincinnati, Ohio
2024 Clifton Cultural Arts Center Juried New Woman show
2023 Middletown Juried Show
2023 WACC All member Show – People’s Choice award
2023 Pyramid Hill Juried Show
2023 WACC Juried Show
2022 Middletown Juried Show
2022 Mariemont Barn Juried Big Art Show – Best of Show
2022 Eisele – Bird Show
2022 Evendale Juried Show
2022 WACC Juried Show
2022 WACC Signature Show – Honorable Mention
2021 Viewpoint Juried Show
2021 Middletown Juried Show – Honorable Mention
Best in Show – Oils/Acrylic
2021 WACC Juried Show – Honorable Mention
2021 WACC Signature Show – Honorable Mention
202O Middletown Juried Show – Honorable Mention
2020 WACC Signature Show – Best of Show
Tickled With Pink. 20 x 20 oil $1,200
Hiking Auxier Ridge Trail. 24 x 24 oil $1,100
Gerbera Daisies in Caper Jar. 9 x 12 oil. $575
Bewitched by Gold. 7 x 12 oil. $450
Room for More 11 x 9 oil. $500
Forest Bathing with Bluebells. 24" x 24" oil. Sold.
Mixed Bouquet. 9 x 12 oil. $475
Daffodils. 8 x 10 oil. $475
Love Troubles In Turkey Town – Accepted into Middletown 2023 Juried Show. 12" x 16" oil. $1,200
I think I have been here before. 10" x 10". Collection of the artist.
Fabulous Figs. 11" x 14". oil. $700
Dreaming of Sunflowers. 12" x 16". oil. $650
Flamingos in the Field. Acrylic. 36 x 36. Collection of the artist. Won Best of Show in oils in 2022 Juried Big Art show at the Barn, Mariemont , Ohio
Be Mine. 10 x 10. acrylic. $550
Does My Lipstick Look Straight. 24 x 24. acrylic. Sold
Sunny Side Up. 11 x 14. oil. Sold. Accepted in 2023 Middletown Juried Show
Sorting the Apricots - abstract. 8 x 8. oil. Sold
Flower Frenzy. 8 x 10. oil. $495. available as Eisele Gallery, Cincinnati.
Nasturiums. 8 x 10. oil. $475
Saturday Night Skunk Fiesta. 12 x 16. oil. Sold
Sorting the Apricots No. 1. 8 x 10. oil. Collection of the Artist.
Me Time. 8 x 10. oil. Sold
Sunflowers. 40 Piles of Paint. oil. 11 x 17. Private Collection
Pink Perfection. 9" x 12". oil. $595. Sold
Hummingbird Heaven. 16" x 16". oil. Sold. Honorable Mention 2022 Signature Show Woman’s Art Club
Roses, Roses, Roses. 16" x 20" oil. $900
Waiting for the High Tide. 16" x 20" oil. $725
Pinto Pony with Freckles. 16 x 20. oil. Sold. Selected for Cincinnati Art Club 2021 Juried Viewpoint show
Flamingos by Waterfall. 9 x 12. oil. $800. Won award at Woman's Art Club of Cincinnati 2021 Juried Show
Spring Pink. 8 x10. Private collection. Accepted in to 2020 Woman's Art Club Annual Juried Show.
Hiking in Montana. 12 x 12. oil. Sold
A Perfect Place for A Kiss. 16 x 20. oil. Sold.
Key West Express. 12 x 16. oil. $875. Won Honorable Mention at WACC 2021 Signature Show
Still Sitting Pretty, Cedarville, Ohio – Accepted in 2023 Pyramid Hill Juried Salon Des Refuses Show Hamilton, Ohio Sold
Flamingos at the Pond. 12 x 12. oil. $800. Won Honorable Mention at 2021 Middletown Juried Show
Yellowstone River. 12 x 16. oil. $875. Honorable Mention Award, Middletown, Ohio, Annual Juried Show 2020.
Royal Terns. Naples, Florida. 9 x12. oil. $750
Rivertowne Marina. 16 x20. oil. $450
Camping by the Waterfall. 8 x10. oil. $500. Selected for 2020 Middletown Juried Show
Little White Vase. 7 x11. oil. $500
Pandemic Sunflowers. 10 x10. oil. Sold
Pansies. 4 x6. Sold.
Shaker Village. 6 x8. $225
Brown County State Park. 8 x10. $500
Curtain Call. 12 x16. Sold
Irons Fruit Farm, Lebanon, Ohio. 8"x8". $325
Biltmore Azaleas. 5 x7. $300
Sunflowers. 4"x6". Sold
Ohio River - Rivertowne Marina. 11 x14. $425
Red River Gorge. 16 x 20. Sold. Winner of Woman's Art Club Signature Show 2020
Just Perfect. 9 x 12. oil. $500
Summer Surprise. 9" x 12". oil. $425
Sun-kissed. 11" x 14". oil. Sold
Girl Talk. 9" x 12". oil. Collection of the Artist.
Poppies Underwater. 8" x 10". oil. $375
Choir Practice 12" x 12" oil. $900
Nature’s Beauty. oil. 9 x 12. Private Collection. Won Best of Show in Oils for 2022 Juried Middletown, Ohio Show.
Hiking Heavenly Hocking Hills. People’s Choice Award At 2023 Woman’s Art Club All Member Show. 24" x 18". $1,400
Ready for the Day 11 x 114 oil $500. Accepted into the Clifton Cultural Arts Center Juried "New Woman" Show.