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.

Previous works

2020 Meditations

2019 Iridescent Light

2019 Breathing Room

2018 The Divide

2017 Meet Me in the Black & White

2017 Miscellaneous

2016 Blue & Gold

Thanks for tuning into today’s live! 🎥 it’s

Thanks for tuning into today’s live! 🎥 it’s always such a pleasure to chat with friends, near and far. My goal with every live is to get to know you better. I show you so much of my life - lives are a chance for me to get to know you better.

Today, I met new friends from Germany, India, England, Canada, and Sweden. Thanks friends for sharing bits of your day, while I shared a bit of my day with you while I worked.

Here’s me dusting off the gold I was working on during the live. Enjoy your day, wherever you are 🖤 #artwork #studioscenes #24kgold #acreativedc

I had a professor in college who would get so angr

I had a professor in college who would get so angry if we started speaking with “I feel like.” Every time a student began a sentence with “I just feel like…” he would immediately interrupt and say, “NO! You think! You weaken and make lame what follows when you start with ‘I feel like’”

I think he’s was right. “I feel like” is pandering. It seeks to not offend, rather than to truly engage deeply.

Though a political theory professor - this is what stuck with me most from his class.

I still try and catch myself when I begin with, “I feel like…” and consciously try and change it to “I think…” Instead of pinning my thoughts and beliefs on mere feelings, naming them “thoughts” always brings me to analysis. “Where did this thought originate for me?… do I trust the source?”

Anyway…. pictured is “Softer Mountains” 36”x36” sold via @latelacuratorial swipe for BTS. 👉

The mood is brooding in the studio lately and we love it. 🖤

#artistatwork #studioscenes #ceoart #moodygrams #paintersofinstagram

💚Mix it up Mondays💚. Can’t add music cause

💚Mix it up Mondays💚. Can’t add music cause then it gets flagged as copyright infringement….buuuuuttt if you’re into some sweet #asmr scraping sounds this is the video for you 🐸 enjoy the sweet green paint mixing, turn on “waiting on nothing” by Joan, and let a soft mist fall over your heart.

#artistatwork #studioscenes #greendream #paintmixing

💖ON THE BLOG💖 The process behind “Big Red

Easing into the week…. Had a bit of a bumpy week

Easing into the week…. Had a bit of a bumpy weekend…Easing into the week with slow movements, classical music, burning candles, and the details of this piece as I begin my next series. Stay sweet friends 💕
Music: Chopin - Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2 in E flat Major

❤️‍🔥💃🏼”Big Red” 80”x138”💃🏼❤️‍🔥

Red is historically a very challenging color for me. I knew this piece was going to stretch me more than I stretched it 🥴

This custom piece was the most exciting and challenging project I’ve had the pleasure of doing to-date. Here’s a little bit of what goes into a piece like this.

❤️‍🔥 custom stretcher bars I made myself (finding completely straight wood was a feat in an of itself.)

❤️‍🔥 custom manufactured canvas roll shipped from the other side of the world (it was the only option for unsown canvas this short of notice)

❤️‍🔥 over 4 gallons of gesso, paint, and varnish

❤️‍🔥 Professional installer (thank you @levelartservices )

❤️‍🔥 Expert direction and trust in me thanks to @latelacuratorial

❤️‍🔥 approximately 100 hours of time. From sourcing resources, communicating, commuting, painting, and installing.

I’m so happy and relieved to see it hung in it’s perfect custom niche and thankful to have been a part of this project. Till next time team! 💃🏼♥️

#biginstallenergy #artistatwork #doitfortheprocess #acreativedc