Christine Olson is an abstract painter living in Chicago.  She started creating art at the same time most children gather Crayolas and chalk pieces to manipulate walls, paper, floors, sidewalks and clothing.  As she grew older, a colorful style and a refined freedom emerged in her work.  Olson builds up the story and composition in her mind and then escapes into a world of color by the time the brush reaches the canvas.  A graduate of the Academy of Art in San Francisco, Olson obtained a Fine Arts degree with an emphasis in Children’s Book Illustration in 1997.  She spent many hours of her studio time working under renowned Illustrator, Kazu Sano.  Sano helped her understand and develop her skills with acrylic paint and encouraged her to be free with a brush.  This training in Illustration underpins Olson’s abstract works, as she employs the sophisticated principles of design and perspective. 
 

To contact Christine Olson regarding showing her work in your public space or purchasing a painting,
please call her at 312 771 9178, or e-mail her at christine@christineolson.com.