Complementary IV | Chad M. Olsen 60x48 inches
Chad M. Olsen
Complementary IV, 2025
60 x 48 inches
Oil on canvas
$4,500
From the PICTURES OF NOTHING exhibition.
Chad Michael Olsen (b. 1983) is an artist of abstract minimalism who explores textures and color palettes to communicate emotions. When painting, he often finds himself working to capture the atmospheres of nature and the emotions from being in these places. For Olsen, being in nature is a solitary experience—one he can only truly share with others through his paintings.
Influenced by artists such as Josef Albers, Agnes Martin, Joan Mitchell, Mark Rothko, Robert Ryman, J.M.W. Turner, and the artists of the Hudson River School, Olsen has drawn from abstraction and the sublime as a way of communicating through painting. His paintings are a balance of both the serenity and harshness of nature; areas of dramatic contrast are often tempered with a wash-like textural effect that creates a dream-like atmosphere. The overall effect is marriage of intensity and calm.
His professional art career began in Nebraska in 2010 after studying painting at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln under Aaron Holz and Keith Jacobshagen, followed by several years of living and working in New York City. While there, he sought solace in the natural world, psychologically returning to the Nebraska grasslands as a form of meditation and as a prevalent theme in his work. In 2017, he returned to Nebraska where he currently resides and maintains a studio.
Olsen’s work demonstrates a range as a romantic, yet abstract, landscape artist and a minimalist. Each painting reveals a new approach to textures, an evolving color palette, or compositional design.
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