Small island paintings on sale

Around the holidays, I get a lot of interest in my small original paintings. Not only are they affordable but look great on a shelf or as an accent place on a wall. One collector has been collecting the 4×4″ paintings for years and put them on her hall wall in a vertical line. If you are interested in any of them message me and I will give you prices and information.
lindaolsenart@gmail.com

A Beguiling Mermaid and Octopus painting

“Octavia” is 24×48 and adds some fantasy to a room. This mermaid has a confident expression. Prints will be available soon.

Newly completed large ocean painting

This is a newly completed painting in the bodysurfing series. It is called “Ocean Swell” and is 60×48″. Many weeks of work were involved because of the size. I wanted to keep it impressionistic and loose. It reminds me also of my youth, sailing in my family boat to the channel islands off the coast of California.

Bodysurfing Series: Final painting completed for a larger wall

While body surfing a couple weeks ago, I was floating on the crest of some rolling waves and the colors and calmness came into my head. I said to my friend “I am going to paint this!”
I went home and painted until late that night and the next week. I started with the 36×36″ painting and then decided to paint a similar painting in 24×36″. When it was done and I was looking at them side by side, I noticed that they almost looked like one painting. The next days, I worked on a third 24×36″. These could be purchased separately or all three. This impressonistic study makes me recall the feeling I had while floating.

Sunrise at the Beach inspired painting

Walking on the beach at sunrise and even sometimes in the early evening, pastel colors flood the sky. My goal was to express this idea in a semi abstract painting done with larger brushes and knife.
“Pink Sky Morning” is 15×30″

Local Street Scene in Neptune Beach painted

“Shorelines” is 20×16″ and depicts a part of First Street in Neptune Beach near our Town Center. The historic Pete’s Bar is the business with the yellow awning. Unfortunately, when Hurricane Matthew hit, the awning was toast!

Dunes Fine Art Photography

Calm Ocean with dunes and Pelicans. I envision this hand tinted photograph printed very large.

Photo Illustrations of local beach and garden

My camera is still my go to tool to express my take on my environment. I am fortunate to live in an island community. Many of my photographs are altered in Photoshop when I feel I need to enhance the image to create the emotion I felt at the time of the capture. Sometimes, I add textures or paint in my computer painting software programs like Painter and Impressions. Tinting and cropping, adding borders and also taking small sections to enhance just a small area. Sometimes hours are spent working on photographic alterations. I even offer clients this when doing family portraits for instance. Each photo has an emotion attached to it and as an artist, I feel that it takes the image to another level. Hope you like these.

“High Tide” painting part of a beach themed collection

If you have been following my blogs, you will notice that I have been exploring painting the ocean. I feel like the new direction of semi abstract brush strokes and expressionistic touches really suits the energy of the sea. Also, the horizontal shape suits the landscape and the sizes fit nicely on many walls. This one is 36×24″. Check more on my website: linda-olsen.pixels.com

My love of the Sea a constant inspiration

Obviously the ocean brings me joy and I have been working VERY hard to capture the movement and flow of the tides. Some of these were done in 2015 and some this year. A salt life!! Bring a little seaside into your home?