tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86279684989362098122024-03-05T12:31:53.990-08:00Tess OlsonTess Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03632792673195538928noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8627968498936209812.post-68910299079858080212019-11-19T12:14:00.000-08:002019-11-19T12:14:37.025-08:00Origins Show<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This painting from my Formations series was accepted into the Art League's November show called Origins. It was juried by Antonio McAfee. </span>Tess Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03632792673195538928noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8627968498936209812.post-64041479114652750162018-09-29T12:55:00.001-07:002018-09-29T13:08:21.745-07:00Values Show<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I was honored that my painting <i>Groovy</i> won the Best in Show award for the August Art League Show by the juror Sharon Louden. Sharon is an artist with an MFA from Yale who has created two books called <i>Living and Sustaining a Creative Life</i> and <i>The Artist as Culture Producer</i>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In addition, I was <a href="https://www.theartleague.org/blog/2018/08/22/tess-olson-gets-groovy-in-the-gallery/" target="_blank">interviewed</a> for the Art League Blog.</span>Tess Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03632792673195538928noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8627968498936209812.post-62544107732882218532017-09-19T13:34:00.000-07:002017-09-19T13:34:01.278-07:00July Open Exhibit<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the July Open Exhibit at the Alexandria Art League, I was honored to win an Honorable mention from the juror Lucila Biscione for my painting, <i>Waterfall, </i>from my Strange Terrain series. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was honored to win Best in Show for my painting called "Smells Like Licorice" at the Art League Open Exhibit for March 2017. It was juried by JD Deardourff who is an artist and designer living in Washington D.C. Here is the <a href="https://www.theartleague.org/blog/2017/03/15/tess-olson-wild-landscapes/" target="_blank">interview</a> by George Miller for the Art League Blog.</span>Tess Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03632792673195538928noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8627968498936209812.post-1961065433042169172017-03-14T14:05:00.002-07:002017-03-14T14:05:53.125-07:002017 Patron's Show<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This year I donated <i>Apples and Sweet Potatoes</i> to the Art League's annual fundraiser.</span>Tess Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03632792673195538928noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8627968498936209812.post-70407120837648300282016-10-25T13:54:00.002-07:002016-10-25T13:54:54.242-07:002016 Patron's Show Fundraiser<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Back in February I donated this painting to the 49th Annual Patron's Show which is the Art League's biggest fundraiser. This painting is called "Onions and Peppers" and was painted in 2012. </span></div>
Tess Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03632792673195538928noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8627968498936209812.post-41114553259882736182015-04-07T10:18:00.000-07:002015-04-07T10:19:30.026-07:00Stormy Weather<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The theme of the The Maryland Federation of Arts "Stormy Weather" show was from onset to aftermath and all in between. It was held in the Annapolis Maritime Museum in Annapolis, MD from 1/15/15 - 3/15/15. I thought the theme was perfect for one of my abstract paintings called "Whirlwind". </span>Tess Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03632792673195538928noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8627968498936209812.post-53149179653405553202015-04-07T10:06:00.000-07:002015-04-07T10:07:21.848-07:002015 Art League Patron's Show<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Patron's Show is the largest fund raiser for the Alexandria Art League and this year I donated a painting called "The Strand in Old Town". I painted it plein air in 2010. It is a part of Alexandria that may be changing in the future with all of the development being done along the waterfront. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The May All-Media show at the <a href="http://www.theartleague.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alexandria Art League Gallery</a> was juried by Mira Hecht, a DC-based artist who also teaches at the Corcoran. My piece <i>Cabbage and Dragon Fruit </i>was accepted. </span>Tess Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03632792673195538928noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8627968498936209812.post-68890370953202574072014-02-21T12:23:00.000-08:002014-02-21T12:24:23.046-08:002014 Patron's Show<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The 2014 Patron's Show was a huge success again this year with 683 donated pieces of artwork. This year I donated a piece called "Top of Walnut" which is a painting of some houses in my neighborhood. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This year is the Art League's 60th anniversary and they are celebrating by having a series of shows that revisit art movements of the past six decades. This should be fun because I have been transitioning back to doing abstract paintings. For the Abstract Expressionism show in January my painting called "The Dressing Ceremony" was accepted. </span>Tess Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03632792673195538928noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8627968498936209812.post-64117590302252454242013-05-15T06:04:00.001-07:002013-05-15T06:05:18.861-07:00American Women Artists Online Show<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm excited that my painting<i> Butternut Squash </i>was accepted into the American Women Artists 2013 Associate Member Online Juried Competition. It is included in a slideshow on the <a href="http://www.americanwomenartists.org/gallery" target="_blank">American Women Artists Gallery page</a>.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The April Show at the Alexandria Art League this month is titled <i>Flora and Fauna. </i> My painting <i>Squash and Pears</i> was accepted and received an Honorable Mention. In the juror's dialogue, the juror, Yuriko Yamaguchi, said that the works that were selected for an honorable mention conveyed "strong impressions of the strength, fragility and drama of life" which sounds good to me.</span>Tess Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03632792673195538928noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8627968498936209812.post-83635295060647055572013-03-14T09:25:00.000-07:002013-03-14T09:25:54.280-07:002013 Patron's Show<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last month I donated <i>Belle Haven Park</i> to the <a href="http://www.theartleague.org/">Alexandria Art League's</a> Patron Show. It is an exciting fundraiser for the Art League.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The November Art League Show was two shows in one. The Small Works Show was juried by Lindsay Harris and my painting <i>Quail Eggs and Yams </i>was accepted and received an Honorable Mention. In her juror's dialogue, Lindsay Harris said that many of the accepted pieces were "examples of simple, humble objects rendered precious through art". </span>Tess Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03632792673195538928noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8627968498936209812.post-88251075782485856852012-09-10T12:04:00.000-07:002012-09-10T12:09:02.665-07:00September All-Media Show<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The September All-Media Membership show at the Art League in Alexandria, VA was juried by Judy Southerland and she selected my painting called <i>Woman in Vernazza </i>for an Honorable Mention. This painting was inspired by a woman I saw in a resort town in Italy.</span>Tess Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03632792673195538928noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8627968498936209812.post-15782096325433010852012-09-10T11:54:00.001-07:002012-09-10T12:04:31.382-07:00'Scapes Show<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">August is always the big landscape show at the Alexandria Art League and this year it was juried by artist Jonathan Linton. After painting in the Plein Air Coastal Delaware show I was inspired to do some larger studio landscapes and this one called <i>Clouds over Prime Hook </i>got accepted into the show. </span>Tess Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03632792673195538928noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8627968498936209812.post-81640972604447666152012-05-15T10:57:00.000-07:002012-05-15T10:58:11.273-07:00Plein Air Coastal Delaware<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I just got back from a week of painting for the <a href="http://www.pleinaircoastalde.org/">Plein Air Coastal Delaware</a> event. We painted for four days straight in Lewes, Rehoboth, Dewey, Bethany and Milton. There were painters and photographers competing in separate categories. The weather was mostly warm and one day it rained almost all day, forcing me to paint one painting from my car (not shown here). On Friday night they had a Gala at the Children's Beach House that was fun. I really enjoyed catching up with my artist friends. The Rehoboth Art League will show most of the paintings in their Homestead building for the month of June. Here are the paintings that I did for the show in random order. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The theme of the May All-Media show at the Art League was Bedtime Stories. They were looking for narrative works so I submitted a painting that I did of my daughter hiding under the kitchen table. The juror of the show was Judith Greenberg who is the director of the Kreeger Museum in D.C. </span>Tess Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03632792673195538928noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8627968498936209812.post-69120379105222634442012-05-15T09:59:00.001-07:002012-05-15T10:15:14.152-07:00Kim English Workshop<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In February I attended a Kim English workshop at the <a href="http://www.eastonstudioandschool.com/">Easton Studio and School in Maryland</a>. I love Kim's paintings and would love to do more paintings with people in an environment. Kim had us practice painting the figures over and over again, wiping them out after each painting. He started us out with 5 minute poses and eventually we had some 20 minute poses. It was a good experience. Kim did several demos in class, but after the class he sent us some pictures of a step-by-step demo. Steps 1 and 2 were about 5-7 minutes each. Steps 3 and 4 were about 20 minutes each and Step 5 was about an hour. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For the 2012 Annual Patron's Show Fundraiser at the Alexandria Art League Gallery, I donated a painting called <i>Faun at River Farm. </i>It is a plein air painting that I did a few years ago. The Patron's Show is the biggest fundraiser for the Art League and everyone loves it. Everyone who buys a ticket gets to pick a painting when their number is randomly called, but they don't have much time so they have to keep track of their favorite paintings and cross them off the list when they get picked by other people. </span>Tess Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03632792673195538928noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8627968498936209812.post-79489685867262218012011-12-15T13:29:00.000-08:002011-12-15T13:36:40.371-08:00December All-Media Show<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtWrDnfA7ilzyaJfPA7-leJ-OPA8iJ5tLPGR44c7lTc9krbIAUXh9LVJQyA5t5vqXpk5G_-i_21D-k_Gl6tD6FjL2USAxpBlscGu4ji1gnIRRnM1z99bOsCTUgK-bbRt3Di1TqlA1b8ebN/s1600/11_sarah.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 238px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtWrDnfA7ilzyaJfPA7-leJ-OPA8iJ5tLPGR44c7lTc9krbIAUXh9LVJQyA5t5vqXpk5G_-i_21D-k_Gl6tD6FjL2USAxpBlscGu4ji1gnIRRnM1z99bOsCTUgK-bbRt3Di1TqlA1b8ebN/s320/11_sarah.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686472157232364306" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I'm on a streak. I got into the Art League Show again for the fourth time in-a-row. The jurors this month were Linda and Steve Krensky, owners of the Light Street Gallery in Baltimore, MD. The painting is called <i>Sarah</i> and was done in the weekly open-life session. </span>Tess Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03632792673195538928noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8627968498936209812.post-27197741918919818522011-11-21T12:38:00.000-08:002012-05-15T09:31:57.306-07:00Small Works All-Media Show<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZfPVXulDK3X-TFLWJkncMVvWhpyZObond9JH6CcTPWh_R_3XQA2SpDDT2y3Ts2wi7B4YEooHMaP0SrceWOt7NcNgHMyWcJItUNJQJcbS0p0n18Jk10xoIA2S3pWPtuPFhGcQyoWrtMXQM/s1600/11_wishing_you_were_here.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677555396437333154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZfPVXulDK3X-TFLWJkncMVvWhpyZObond9JH6CcTPWh_R_3XQA2SpDDT2y3Ts2wi7B4YEooHMaP0SrceWOt7NcNgHMyWcJItUNJQJcbS0p0n18Jk10xoIA2S3pWPtuPFhGcQyoWrtMXQM/s200/11_wishing_you_were_here.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 200px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 149px;" /></a><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">The November Show was juried by Faye Block and the Art League changed the rules for this show to allow more than one painting per person, so I was able to have two in the show. I entered two different small paintings that I did in open-life sessions. One is traditional and the other more narrative.</span></div>Tess Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03632792673195538928noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8627968498936209812.post-70175202706022148302011-10-08T12:18:00.000-07:002011-10-08T12:30:10.407-07:00October All-Media Show<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJy0nqkKaGKC7qNaxEfP_2EP0-Qa0hn2clF9p9Yoncw4TCeQJI8EIYTY8oaKyQXFcIbpYGvwL2K2ZIa0VV0bJGmj6OGVpcTZwBj9lhUHW1a1gWWHnWjjSRbTFqT7Q7016sy4QXrTuRDD9p/s1600/11_sonia_back_view.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 149px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJy0nqkKaGKC7qNaxEfP_2EP0-Qa0hn2clF9p9Yoncw4TCeQJI8EIYTY8oaKyQXFcIbpYGvwL2K2ZIa0VV0bJGmj6OGVpcTZwBj9lhUHW1a1gWWHnWjjSRbTFqT7Q7016sy4QXrTuRDD9p/s200/11_sonia_back_view.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661205083961287602" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">This month the Art League has a dual juried show, one called Altars, Icons and Reliquaries and one that is an All-Media membership show. I just tried for the All-Media Show and got my painting of Sonia accepted. I painted Sonia in my Wednesday open-life session. The All-Media Show was juried by Danielle O'Steen. </span>Tess Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03632792673195538928noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8627968498936209812.post-23756311799892414352011-10-08T12:12:00.000-07:002011-10-08T12:17:52.132-07:00September All-Media Show<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6EUyvJKk2HHZlQCXMEfLqbr7NYXost_RioIR16NbnK-vF0DwWFhRTq0VHQyb0fV10FmYnMIir1xUeFK2nY7ZvrXNkmAMw8WjgNRgvcegwMlQDuEDaJi3y6ymCzs5DbUzZIMVp9G3oaFDw/s1600/11_pansies_and_pears.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 148px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6EUyvJKk2HHZlQCXMEfLqbr7NYXost_RioIR16NbnK-vF0DwWFhRTq0VHQyb0fV10FmYnMIir1xUeFK2nY7ZvrXNkmAMw8WjgNRgvcegwMlQDuEDaJi3y6ymCzs5DbUzZIMVp9G3oaFDw/s200/11_pansies_and_pears.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661202639476950610" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The September All-Media Show at the Alexandria Art League was juried by Dr. Barbara Wolanin. I didn't enter any pieces for June, July or August since I was away, so I was glad to have my still life called 'Pansies and Pears' accepted into the show. </span>Tess Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03632792673195538928noreply@blogger.com0