Blue & Gold 2016 - Christine Olmstead

Blue & Gold

2017

This series was made inspired by my piece "North Gold." This series is limited to a blue and gold palette.

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🪩Last weekend I celebrated 92 years! 🪩 Bec

🪩Last weekend I celebrated 92 years! 🪩

Because time is a construct and why not celebrate birthdays out of order? If you are new here and don’t know much about me, hi I’m Christine. I’m an artist.

This new year I’ve been working on more sculptures than paintings. We will see if any of them make it to the public eye 🥴 My New Year’s resolution was to “have more fun” and it’s going really well.

My hobbies are running, reading, skincare, and collecting art.

And in my last year of my 20s I’ll share the best piece of advice I’ve ever received in my short life. Several years ago I was told, “never take advice from someone you wouldn’t want to trade lives with.” And I live by that 😜 #staysweet ✌️

🪩January in the studio 🪩 Making movements

🪩January in the studio 🪩

Making movements

Finding rhythms

Digging in

#staysweet ✌️

Typical testing phase. Usually the idea gets paire

Typical testing phase. Usually the idea gets paired down, or tested and scratched only the strong survive here. 🫠 #artistatwork

Whatcha workin’ on? Here’s what I’m doing

Whatcha workin’ on?

Here’s what I’m doing 🫠 #artist #artistatwork #doitfortheprocess

One of my New Year’s resolutions was to “have

One of my New Year’s resolutions was to “have more fun”

I used to be a high strung, high anxiety, deep depression, suicidal, and a very serious about life kind of person. About 3 years ago I learned I was allowed to enjoy life, I was allowed to have things and want things. I learned that wanting and liking isn’t inherently bad. I feel like I’ve learned what enjoyment and pleasure are but most of those things come down to nervous system regulation for me. I enjoy a run, I enjoy a cocktail or glass of wine, I enjoy self care but I wouldn’t necessarily call those things “fun”. Fun for me is a different energy, it’s more physical and social and more up focused as opposed to enjoyable with is down focused.

This year you may see a lot of different things from me. You’ll see works that are unlike previous works, you’ll see me playing and trying to practice “fun”. I invite you on this journey with me and want you to know the art I’m making is still me, still full of purpose and lots of thought. Some of it might not be for you and that’s okay. But if nothing else, I hope this year you play a little more and practice what “fun” is for you. Stay sweet my friends ✌️

Everyone is saying what’s ✨IN ✨ or 💩OUT💩 in 2023 and here are trends I’ve noticed in my own business. Don’t shoot the messenger. It’s just what I’m seeing! 👀
✨IN✨
- one large painting instead of gallery walls or a few smaller pieces
- Silver/mixed metals
- Payment plans
- Personalized art/personal elements included in the work
- Colorful or unconventional frame choices

💩OUT💩
- diptychs or triptychs
- Artwork that’s too matchy matchy
- Black frames
- Art that doesn’t spark joy or thought/connection
- Lists telling people what’s in or out 😋

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