Charles Olsen

Charles Olsen

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Profile and About Charles Olsen

BIOGRAPHY

As a child I grew up in Aotearoa, New Zealand, where I made constructions from wooden blocks and Meccano, played in the mud and sat in trees. As a teenager I was taken to England where I somehow ended up on a fine art course at Middlesex Polytechnic. In 2003 I came to Spain drawn by Spanish artists and flamenco guitar. I explore my creativity and my relationship to this world through paint, photography, writing, music, talking with people, closing my eyes and smelling and listening … dance, reading, dreaming.

BIOGRAFÍA

Crecí en Aotearoa, la tierra Maorí de Nueva Zelanda donde creaba construcciones con bloques de madera y el Mecano, me revolcaba por el barro y subía a los árboles. Mis padres me llevaron a Inglaterra en mi adolescencia donde al final me licencié en Bellas Artes en la Universidad de Middlesex. Vine a España en 2003 atraído por los pintores españoles y la guitarra flamenca. Exploro mi creatividad y mi relación con el mundo a través de la pintura, la fotografía, la escritura, la música, conversaciónes con mis amigos … cierro los ojos y percibo el mundo con el olfato y el oído … bailo, leo, sueño.

Portraits of the artist and studio photo.

Contact

CONTACT IN SPAIN -
cdolsen@yahoo.com
Charles Olsen Lavapiés, Madrid España
Mobile: +34 654.015.349

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along the way

Photography


Barbara Fritsche, 2009 - Contemporary and flamenco dance

José Luis Carrascosa, pintor

Lilián Pallares Campo, poeta
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visions

Photography


Blue Lake, Rotorua, 2001, C Type Print, 25 x 39 cm (Edition of 30)

Shag Point, 2001, C Type Print, 39 x 26 cm, (edition of 30)

Tongariro, 2001, C type print, 60.3 x 39.5 cm (edition of 30)
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design reel

Motion

ene2010 Reel

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oil days

Painting


Totara St Garden

Totara St Garden, oil on card

Verandah with piano

Verandah with piano, oil on card, 44.5 x 50cm

Bailaor

Bailaor (Marco Flores), oil on canvas
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llanto congelado

Motion

Llanto Congelado

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fuego, tierra, agua, piedra

Photography


Karen Rubio Lugo, photo © Charles Olsen

Karen Lugo, flamenco dance, 2009

Karen Rubio Lugo, photo © Charles Olsen

Karen Lugo, flamenco dance, 2009

Karen Rubio Lugo, photo © Charles Olsen

Karen Lugo, flamenco dance, 2009
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flamenco

Photography


El Güito en la gala de la Silla de Oro, Leganés, Madrid, 2008

Concha Jareño en Casa Patas, Madrid

Concha Jareño, 'Algo' en Sala Triangulo, 2008
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notes

Painting


drawing from sketchbook (1988)

sketch after portrait of Martin Ryckaert by Van Dyck, El Prado, Madrid

'I see them', note and sketch
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silent places

Painting


artist's studio, photograph 1996 © Charles Olsen

landscape, 1998, oil on linen, 51 x 56 cm

oval, 1998, oil on linen, 56 x 51cm
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reflections

Painting


Study for La Sundari (II), 2005, watercolour, 28.5 x 22 cm. Private Collection

Retrato de una mujer (I), 2004, watercolour, 55 x 42 cm, España

Zelle, 2004, watercolour, 35 x 51.5cm
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a private page

Painting


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Studio, 1996, photograph by the artist

35 book3

page 35 from watercolour sketchbook, february - april 1994 (NFS)

39 book3

page 39 from watercolour sketchbook, february - april 1994 (NFS)
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studio#01

Photography




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natural beauty

Photography


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la danza de los pinceles (trailer)

Motion

la danza de los pinceles (new trailer)

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en silencio (un poema)

Motion

En Silencio (vídeo poema)

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