Photo by Mary Gellner

Photo by Alan Dean, www.alandeanphotography.com          Jonny Olsen is a Canadian artist who strives to embody colour and movement in all his paintings. He calls this style 'decorative movemetism'. Within this style Jonny uses many themes such as cityscapes, abstract, realism, nudes and sculpture. Jonny's art first became known when he had an ongoing exhibit at a little bar in downtown Ottawa called the Elbow Room. The Elbow Room is gone now, but Jonny's desire to paint keeps chugging on.
        While Jonny has his degree in Environmental Studies from the University of Waterloo, he spent every elective in the Fine Arts building learning how to perfect his painting talent. Jonny lives in Ottawa with his wife Alma, his daughter Gina, and his mother Sally. He mostly paints for friends and family and for himself, but anyone who is interested can commision a work.
        If you have any questions about his work you can visit the Q and A page or you can email him a question directly.
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Biography

Jonny Olsen

Name: Jonny Olsen
Born: Oct. 29, 1972, Ottawa Ont.
Home Town: Ottawa
Favorite Medium: Acryllic on Canvas
Education: Bell High School, Bachelor of Environmental Studies with a minor in Fine Arts, University of Waterloo
Art Influences: Picasso, Norval Morisseau, Monet, Da Vinci, Escher
Turn Ons: Long hair, silly sense of humour, spunky, beautiful smile, sweet voice
Turn Offs: People who are afraid of bugs, people who play mind games and just plain can't make up their minds
Aspirations: To become a well known Canadian artist
Hobbies: Drumming, Dancing, Swimming, Sledding, Camping, Canoeing, Building Ice and Snow Casltes
Heroes: Norval Morisseau, Farley Mowat, Mordecai Richler, Neil Peart, Stompin' Tom
Favorite Food: Steak and Potatoes
Favorite Place: Perros Guirec, France
Least Favorite Cartoon Character: Care Bears
Happy Place: Bath Tub
Astroligiacal sign: Scorpio
Roadsign: Slow Children at Play
Tatoos or piercing: Maple Leaf on top left arm
Cool facts: Speaks English, French and Spanish
Other occupations: Jonny is also a musician. You can check out his band Junkyard Symphony at www.junkyardsymphony.com


Index

Cityscapes

City Earth
Bendy Buildings
Greenlight
Doorway
Bluestairs
City Shapes
4 o'clock
8 o'clock
Green City
Amsterdam
Purple Alley
Game Town
Y-Town
Fish Valley
Candycane Lane
Escher
Cottage
L'Accoudoir
Montreal
Tin Can Alley
Elbow Room
Open Stage
Venice
Band Room
Abstract

Bongo Beach
Disco Ball
Storm
Los Angel
Just Leave
Dancing Bird
Highnoon
Blanket
Picasso
Caribou
Siting
Stolen
Guitaro
Bad Hair
Otis Strange
Puff-a-guin
Guin-a-puff
Breakaway
Football
White and blue
Realism

Snow Night
Eagle People
Airplane
Drumapokli
Monster
Before/After
Gumby's Play
Snowshoes
Stompin's Tom
Game of Life
Marcello's
Nudes

Blue Girl
Blue Girl2
Mother Nature
G-string
Content
Piano
Reading
Beer
Ideal View
Gaia

News

        Jonny's newest painting entitled Sandeman is a comissioned work for his friend Brian O'Conner and his wife Dalia. The painting is a present for Dalia's birthday.

Sandeman

Contact

You can email Jonny at jonny@jonnyolsen.com

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