Art Opening: Peter Olesen / Elements
March 21, 2025 @ 5:30 pm
Visual Arts Committee Presents:
Featured Artist: Peter Olesen
Community Show: Elements
Installation Day: Thursday, March 20th, 10:15am – 12pm
Art Opening: Friday, March, 21st
On Display: March 21st – April 22nd
Pickup: Wednesday, April 23rd, 10:15am – 12pm
For this community show we’re exploring Elements – Earth, Water, Fire, Air, Space…and beyond, and whatever that means to you! All genres of art are welcome.
Community shows are open to ALL island artists, beginning and experienced alike. The purpose is to showcase island art and celebrate our creative neighbors! To exhibit in a community show, an artist needs to come on the Installation Day (for this show, March 20th) with their artwork ready to be displayed or hung.
On Installation Day, the artist will fill out two labels including title, artist name, the medium, and the price, (or denoted NFS). One label will be attached to the artwork, the second will be given to the committee. The artist will also fill out an Artist Agreement and Sales Information Sheet if she or he does not already have one on file. All placement and hanging of the art will be done by the VAC.
Artists are urged to attend and contribute hors d’oeuvres for the Artist Reception on Friday, March 21st.
To learn more about exhibiting your art, commission structures, and upcoming shows, please visit: www.OrcasCenter.org/VAC
Featured Artist: Peter Olesen
“Landscape photography is my way of engaging with the earth by observing, witnessing and interpreting how light brings the forms of earth to life. I never look so closely at the world as when I have a camera in hand.
Printing the images later in the darkroom with an antiquated process reengages me with the subject in an intimate way. Black and white images seem to distill the subject to its simplest texture, form and essence. Having spent more than 50 years chasing the light, trying to perfect my craft and refining my style, I still feel there is much more to learn and do.
I was fortunate to have studied with Ansel Adams, Brett Weston, Wynn Bullock and others who helped establish a firm foundation. I enjoyed my years teaching photography at the Oregon School of Arts and Crafts, Portland and Clackamas Community Colleges as well as leading workshops. I’ve spent time as a commercial photographer, published several books and continue to exhibit. My work is in private and corporate collections.”
