ART SHOWS
“Visions”, August 2007. Pastel Society of New Mexico: Mark Zoeller Gallery, Canyon Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Pastel Landscapes Kindred Spirits Animal Sanctuary Art Show, July 2007, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Featured Artist, Pastel Animal Portraits and Landscapes “Vibrancy” Back Street Bistro, July-August, 2007, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Pastel Landscapes San Bernardino County Fair, California Art Show Portrait Award for “Acoma Woman”. Native American Portrait. Lompoc, California, Flower Festival Art Fair. Native American Portrait Drawings and Landscapes OTHER PROJECTS “Into the Deep” Graphic Design, California Science Center, Los Angeles, California Native American Children’s Book Project with John Candelario, Albuquerque, New Mexico EDUCATION 2005-2007 Valdes Art Workshops: Pastel and WatercolorWith James Roybal and Michael McGuire Santa Fe Community College, Figure Drawing with Kevin Gorges; Pastel Painting with Jane Schoenfeld 2005-2007 Andreeva Portrait Academy, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Impressionistic Children’s Portraits with Lynda Kyser Smith and Portrait Drawing and Tony Ryder 2003 Artist Workshop with Glenn Vilppu, Northern, Italy 1999-2000 Los Angeles Animators Union School, Animation 1997-2000 Los Angeles Academy of Drawing: Figure Drawing and Painting 1989-1996 UCLA, Graphic Design Classes 1971 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Studio Major, Painting, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico PERMANEN T COLLECTIONS AND COMMISSIONS Dr. David Pagni, Calabasas, CAMarcella Posada, Silverlake, CALinda Marr, Los Feliz, CAElizabeth Horton, Long Beach, CACarol Bever, Santa Fe, NMMr. and Mrs. Harry Moors, San Marcos, CAMr. and Mrs. Baxter Bell, Apple Valley, CA INTERESTS AND AFFLIATIONS 2006-present Docent, Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe, New Mexico2007-present Member, Pastel Society of New Mexico2006-present Volunteer, Kindred Spirits Animal Sanctuary, Santa Fe, New MexicoWriter, Television (The Jeffersons, What’s Happening Now, Jennifer Slept Here
Carole Olson showed talent at an early age, winning her first art competition at six. As an Air Force dependent, the frequent reassignments of her SAC pilot father resulted in exposing her to many different locales and peoples.
After earning a Fine Arts degree at the
University of New Mexico, Carole moved to California where she had an opportunity to work as a TV sitcom writer. In addition, she studied animation extensively at the Animation Union School. It was also during this period that Carole became a student of noted artist Glenn Vilppu, refining her figure drawing skills in California studios and her poetic landscapes in Italian and French locales.
Although seeking a career as an artist, life kept pulling Carole in other directions. She trained as a paralegal in immigration law, which became her “day” job supporting her artistic endeavors. She was inspired in particular by Berthe Morisot, a 19th century Victorian woman who was told that painting could be only a pastime for ladies but, certainly, not a career. Morisot proved them wrong by establishing herself as one of the great French Impressionists. The assertive Morisot must have been whispering encouragement across the centuries to Carole, who was ready to listen.Realizing it was time to return to her true passion, painting, Carole sold her home in Woodland Hills, California, and moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico. Continuing her coursework at Andreeva Portrait Academy, Valdes Art Center and the Santa Fe Community College, she studied with notable artists Tony Ryder, Linda Kyser Smith, James Roybal, Jane Shoenfeld and Kevin Gorges.She has exhibited locally at Back Street Bistro, Kindred Spirits Animal Sanctuary, Two Pears Gallery, and the Mark Zoeller Gallery on Canyon Road.Today, Carole is creating paintings inspired by living in a truly unique and magical place, Santa Fe. For Carole Olson, it is indeed her time and her turn.
