LAUREN OLITSKI
LAUREN OLITSKI is a painter, sculptor and writer, dividing her time between a summer
cottage on a lake in New Hampshire, and her home in rural Vermont.
She is known for her vigorous, often thickly impastoed, large-scale acrylic paintings.
Working representationally as well as in an abstract format, Lauren has had numerous
exhibitions in the US and Canada, including twenty solo exhibitions.
"Take Shape," Lauren’s most recent body of work, started in the first year of the
pandemic, pushes the edge of the rectangle, playing with with color, surface and shape.
In January of 2020, having spent the previous year primarily working on writing, Lauren
set a goal for the coming year, to make one painting in January, two in February, three
in March, and so on., 78 paintings in total. She was well on track when the world took a
turn. She kept up the pace in April and May, but as the isolation continued into summer
the work all but stopped.
Having seen a spectacular photo of the Aurora Borealis in August of 2020 she found
herself wanting to bring some of that beauty to the canvas. She worked throughout the
summer, fall and winter, completing the 78th painting on the last day of the year. As
Matisse famously said,“….inspiration . It comes while one is working.”
This exhibition represents some of that year's work and what has followed.
cottage on a lake in New Hampshire, and her home in rural Vermont.
She is known for her vigorous, often thickly impastoed, large-scale acrylic paintings.
Working representationally as well as in an abstract format, Lauren has had numerous
exhibitions in the US and Canada, including twenty solo exhibitions.
"Take Shape," Lauren’s most recent body of work, started in the first year of the
pandemic, pushes the edge of the rectangle, playing with with color, surface and shape.
In January of 2020, having spent the previous year primarily working on writing, Lauren
set a goal for the coming year, to make one painting in January, two in February, three
in March, and so on., 78 paintings in total. She was well on track when the world took a
turn. She kept up the pace in April and May, but as the isolation continued into summer
the work all but stopped.
Having seen a spectacular photo of the Aurora Borealis in August of 2020 she found
herself wanting to bring some of that beauty to the canvas. She worked throughout the
summer, fall and winter, completing the 78th painting on the last day of the year. As
Matisse famously said,“….inspiration . It comes while one is working.”
This exhibition represents some of that year's work and what has followed.