https://www.olafson.art/home daily 1.0 2026-07-14 https://www.olafson.art/contact daily 0.75 2026-06-18 https://www.olafson.art/paintings daily 0.75 2026-06-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69134826fb2ffc6211df7904/57460a71-0552-4b89-af29-73d074298a38/Goldfish-Olafson-Contemporary+Geometric+Oil+Painting.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69134826fb2ffc6211df7904/e8b98757-1a79-4f6b-bb23-21873a4872fc/Corvid+Witness+%28Raven%29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69134826fb2ffc6211df7904/a2b7b3b1-6ab8-497f-81b6-871a957f7354/Neon-Olafson-Mixed+Media+Painting+on+Canvas.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69134826fb2ffc6211df7904/8c619556-2b47-4d56-baff-818c59adbbda/Nora+and+Cat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69134826fb2ffc6211df7904/03b36313-4171-4f87-b397-09d600f3bd4d/Olympus-Olafson-Contemporary+Geometric+Painting.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69134826fb2ffc6211df7904/75a292ab-db4b-43f6-97bb-aca0d634c6c0/Redline-Olafson-Contemporary+Acrylic+on+Wood+Panel.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69134826fb2ffc6211df7904/25939ced-b7c5-4d3a-a488-8ee2cead908e/Despair-Olafson-Mixed+Media+Painting+on+Canvas.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69134826fb2ffc6211df7904/808843cb-298a-46b5-acd5-2838dcdccbfa/Laura-Olafson-Contemporary+Female+Face+Oil+on+Wood+Panel.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69134826fb2ffc6211df7904/a373683c-b7ce-4e62-89ac-b2d230064eb0/Ballerina-Olafson-Acrylic+Loose+Painting+on+Canvas.jpg https://www.olafson.art/583544494043 daily 0.75 2026-06-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69134826fb2ffc6211df7904/cfb87fc6-92c0-400d-91a5-26a13938296b/ShaneOlafsonPaintingJPG+sm.jpg About Shane Olafson (b. 1970) is a contemporary painter whose work explores the tension between systematic order and raw abstraction. Utilizing a diverse material palette of oil, acrylic, ink, and mixed media, Olafson builds his surfaces through an iterative process of layering, obscuring, and excavating. His primary subject matter is figurative—faces, bodies, myths, and silhouettes—treated not as traditional portraiture, but as representations of unresolved internal states such as grief, longing, and stillness. Olafson’s compositions frequently contrast hard-edged geometric structures with heavily textured, atmospheric backgrounds. A recurring, intentional red line cuts through many of his works, functioning not only as a structural element, but also as a symbolic division, thread, or transformation. This interplay of control and unpredictability is rooted in his background as a lawyer, engineer, and touring musician. The cornerstones of those worlds—structural thinking, precision, and an innate sense of rhythm and composition—directly shape Olafson’s artwork. For Olafson, the canvas is the only place where none of those systems are in charge and where, in the struggle between them, something honest tends to emerge. He is based in Phoenix, Arizona. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69134826fb2ffc6211df7904/aa4fb821-da80-4db3-9fce-9fac73ef6b37/IMG_3772_M1.jpg About - Make it stand out “Hot American Summer” exhibition at Found:Re Contemporary https://www.olafson.art/gallery daily 0.75 2026-06-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69134826fb2ffc6211df7904/e8b98757-1a79-4f6b-bb23-21873a4872fc/DSC03194_M1sm.jpg Selected Works "Corvid Study" (2026). Mixed media on canvas. 30 x 40 in / 76 x 102 cm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69134826fb2ffc6211df7904/8c619556-2b47-4d56-baff-818c59adbbda/DSC03216_M1sm.jpg Selected Works "Nora and Cat" (Work in Progress). Oil on wood panel. 18 x 24 in. / 46 x 61 cm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69134826fb2ffc6211df7904/57460a71-0552-4b89-af29-73d074298a38/Goldfish-Olafson-Contemporary+Geometric+Oil+Painting.jpg Selected Works "The Golden Mark" (2025). Oil on stretched and mounted substrate. 12 x 36 in. / 30 x 90 cm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69134826fb2ffc6211df7904/25939ced-b7c5-4d3a-a488-8ee2cead908e/Despair-Olafson-Mixed+Media+Painting+on+Canvas.jpg Selected Works "Remain" (2026). Acrylic and ink on canvas. 30 x 40 in. / 76 x 102 cm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69134826fb2ffc6211df7904/75a292ab-db4b-43f6-97bb-aca0d634c6c0/Redline-Olafson-Contemporary+Acrylic+on+Wood+Panel.jpg Selected Works "The Line that Divides" (2025). Acrylic on wood panel. 18 x 24 in. / 46 x 61 cm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69134826fb2ffc6211df7904/55906bc9-13c7-48c2-b92e-6f952ef60b81/DSC03034sm.jpg Selected Works "Made You Look - Again" (2025). Oil and acrylic on canvas. 30 x 40 in. / 76 x 102 cm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69134826fb2ffc6211df7904/62e0acab-a1a8-4ba1-a6ed-2b3952411fbc/P1000721_M1sm.jpg Selected Works "Echoes of Olympus" (2025). Oil and acrylic on canvas. 48 x 60 in. / 122 x 152 cm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69134826fb2ffc6211df7904/a373683c-b7ce-4e62-89ac-b2d230064eb0/Ballerina-Olafson-Acrylic+Loose+Painting+on+Canvas.jpg Selected Works "La Ballerine" (2025). Acrylic on canvas. 16 x 20 in. / 41 x 51 cm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69134826fb2ffc6211df7904/808843cb-298a-46b5-acd5-2838dcdccbfa/Laura-Olafson-Contemporary+Female+Face+Oil+on+Wood+Panel.jpg Selected Works Untitled (2024). 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