Enjoyed a wonderful week in Branson MO at the Plein Air Convention and Expo #pace26 seeing old friends, making new ones, and geeking out on art supplies and painting. A big thanks to the PACE team for making the event a successđ #royaltalensna #cobraoilpaint #rembrandtoilpaint
Imagining hanging out with the moderns at the Carnegie Museum of Art with this new painting...acrylic on canvas, 30x40in (76x102cm). #AbstractPainting #abstractpainters #acrylicpainting #abstractlandscapepainting #amsterdamallacrylic #marmotartspace
Last chance to join us this Saturday.
Pastel Power with Jeff Olson brings together hands-on technique, material insight, and the immediacy of pure pigment â plus free Rembrandt Soft Pastel samples and a chance to win a 60-piece set.
đ Saturday, Feb 28 | 10â3
đ Mercer Island Visual Arts League
đ mival.org/classes
@royaltalensna
#PastelPower #MIVAL #MercerIslandArts #PastelWorkshop #CreativeLearning
Pastel Power with Jeff Olson
Saturday, February 28 | 10amâ3pm
Get hands-on with pure pigment in this immersive pastel workshop led by Jeff Olson, Art Education Director at Royal Talens! Through demonstration and guided practice, Jeff will share techniques, material insights, and approaches that help you harness pastelâs immediacy, richness, and versatility.
⨠All participants receive free Rembrandt Soft Pastel samples to use and take home
đ Plus, everyone is entered to win a 60-piece set of Rembrandt Soft Pastels
Whether youâre new to pastel or looking to deepen your practice, this workshop offers both practical skills and material knowledge you can carry forward.
đ Mercer Island Community & Event Center
đ Saturday, Feb 28 | 10â3
đ Spots are limited â register now at mival.org/classes
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#PastelPower #RembrandtPastels #JeffOlson #MIVAL #MercerIslandArts #PastelWorkshop #ArtistWorkshop #PNWArtists #CreativeLearning #softpastels
Pastel Power: Timeless Color, Endless Possibilities
with Jeff Olson
Join us on Saturday, February 28 (10â3) for an immersive pastel workshop led by Royal Talens Art Education Director Jeff Olson. Explore a range of pastel techniques and combine them into a finished take-home project while working with pure pigment that responds instantly to the hand.
This session weaves together material knowledge, historical context, and hands-on practice. Participants will receive samples of pastel and pastel paper to use during the demo and take home, plus free Rembrandt Soft Pastel samplesâand be entered to win a 60-piece set of Rembrandt Soft Pastels. @royaltalensna
Spots are limitedâregister soon to save your place. @jeffolsonart
#MIVAL #MercerIslandArts #PastelWorkshop #ArtistWorkshop #pnwartists
For @jeffolsonart , tradition lives in questions, not in style. When he looks at painters like Caravaggio, Van Gogh, or Guston, he isnât interested in copying what they did, but in understanding what they were searching for. How light transforms a subject. When paint stops being paint and becomes something more.
Acrylic allows Jeff to continue that inquiry in a contemporary way. For him, acrylic isnât a break from tradition. Itâs a continuation, flexible enough to hold centuries of thinking about paint. It carries the ability to glaze, stain, and build, while remaining fast and responsive enough to keep the process intuitive and physical. His paintings grow through action rather than planning, shaped by movement, revision, and the willingness to let the material push back.
In this way, tradition becomes something active rather than fixed. A living conversation between past and present, held together by curiosity, process, and the simple act of painting. A fresh take on tradition. đ¨
#acrylics #amsterdamacrylics #paint #freshtakeontradition
Over the holiday I took a break from my regular studio practice and did this small painting (11x14in) inspired by a work by Paul Evans, a well known UK landscape painter. My wife Kelly found the image online, and I was struck by its bold contrasting complimentary colors.
Here you can see me getting started with the reference image. I limited myself to using the palette knife for most of the painting. In the finished piece you can see that along with the textures, I enjoyed creating a few specific details similar to the original.
Both as a student and now working artist, I always have found both pleasure and learning by working from other artists paintings. Its a practice that goes back centuries, copying masterworks, and it can be a great way expand your painting vocabulary:) #amsterdamacrylics #paulevansartist #winterlandscapeâď¸ #acrylicpainting
