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Painter + Podcaster, Carl Olson, The Artful Painter Podcast (Georgia, USA)

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In this conversation we discussed: Taking typing classes, Art materials, Software code as an art form, Always say yes and then figure out how to do it later, Graham Nash, How artist workshops work, Artist Workshops, Online art classes, Godaddy.com and WordPress for building websites, Too much knowledge can hinder pure appreciation, Build your local network first, An artist career is a lifelong journey, Email newsletters, The market for your art is not necessarily where you live, and Online art sales.

https://carlolson.tv/

Artists mentioned:

Matt Smith – https://www.mattsmithstudio.com/

Booth Museum – https://boothmuseum.org/

Scott Christensen – https://www.christensenstudio.com/

Quang Ho – https://www.quangho.com/Home.html

Jock Sturges – https://www.seraphingallery.com/jock-sturges

Bob Ross – https://www.bobross.com/

Thomas Moran – https://www.thomas-moran.org/

Thomas Cole – https://www.artsy.net/artist/thomas-cole

Albert Bierstadt – https://www.albertbierstadt.org/

Eric Rhodes – https://ericrhoads.com/

Victoria Taylor-Gore – https://www.alexandrastevens.com/viewcollection/110787

About:
Carl Olson is a fine art painter, photographer, and filmmaker.

He became a fine art painter much later in life. The interest had always been there; however, painting remained in the background mostly as a hobby while he ran a successful web-based design and content production company. He and his team wrote software that glued together the intricate processes of businesses and commerce. Striving for the utmost in software quality and reliability, he envisioned each line of code as if it were a finely executed brush stroke of luscious oil paint in a masterpiece. After running his business several decades, Carl now focuses on creating fine art. Oil paint, canvas, and his easel have replaced the command line and software development tools he used for so many years.

When working with clients, Carl always sought opportunities to express himself creatively. One such accomplishment was the opportunity to design the award-winning album cover for Trust, by musician Patrick O’Hearn. The album was nominated for a Grammy and received the “Best Album Cover Design” award from the National Association of Independent Record Distributors.

Carl is also known as a filmmaker. Along with cinematographer Rick Delgado, Carl recently completed a beautiful and poignant documentary about the story of a local artisan who works with his hands to create beautiful works of art by turning wood on a lathe. The documentary is titled One of a Kind – Analog Made.

Embracing the medium of podcasting, Carl produces two popular podcasts: Artful Camera is a podcast about digital and analog photography and filmmaking. This podcast has remained in Apple iTunes’ top 200 podcasts in the visual arts category for nearly 9 years. The other podcast Carl produces is the recently launched Artful Painter – art lessons for artists, collectors and people who love art. It features interviews with several internationally known artists.

Carl has studied with renowned landscape oil painters Matt Smith and Ralph O’Berg – both who are members of the Plein Air Painters of America group. Carl has also attended many lectures and demonstrations by artists Clyde Aspevig, Len Chmiel, Jill Carver, Dan Young, Kenn Backhaus, Scott Christensen, Christine Lashley, and Skip Whitcomb.

Carl’s artwork was featured in a month long exhibit at the Vine Cafe and Market located in Douglasville, Georgia. Several of Carl’s large water lily series oil paintings were displayed by invitation at the Douglas County Museum of History and Art, also located in Douglasville. He was invited to exhibit at the Douglasville Cultural Arts Center’s “Summer in the South” show (2019).

Carl paints both outdoors and in the studio. He is drawn to the landscape and its vibrant textures and colors. Up close his landscapes appear abstract–expressed with thick impasto applied with both brush and knife. His paintings are a celebration of the subject and the medium. He feels that art should richly illuminate the heart with beauty.

 

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Painter,photographer,Podcaster,Carl Olson, The Artful Painter,Georgia, USA,Taking typing classes,Art materials,Software code as an art form,Always say yes and then figure out how to do it later,Graham Nash,nash editions,How artist workshops work,Artist Workshops,Online art classes,Godaddy.com and WordPress for building websites,Too much knowledge can hinder pure appreciation,Build your local network first,An artist career is a lifelong journey,Email newsletters,The market for your art is not necessarily where you live,Online art sales
Painter + Podcaster, Carl Olson, The Artful Painter Podcast (Georgia, USA)
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