A Night at the Holland Museum
It’s funny how one email can motivate great reflection. So it was for me August 16, 2022. Three months ago the Academy of Motion...
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Annie Olson
"Artist Musings"
Come into my shell with me! My "Artist Musings" will give you an insight into my inner workings and why I create these faux shells and other works of art.
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Annie Olson
- Apr 27, 2021
- 4 min
Limbo, The Movie
Yesterday, I again was struggling with being caught between art and science. Often I search the Internet trying to find links to people...
Annie Olson
- Apr 15, 2021
- 2 min
“Trails”
“Trails” When I was 12 years old, I had access to large mounds of fresh sand that had been dug from the ground in order to build our new...
Annie Olson
- Feb 15, 2021
- 2 min
It's a Puzzlement!
I can still “see myself” sitting in a stuffed chair in my tiny bedroom. My folks had the big bedroom and my grandma had the other large...
Annie Olson
- Feb 1, 2021
- 2 min
The Veil is Thin Sometimes
Two days ago I went to see a doctor. Nothing unusual about that. I first went to him a few months ago because my thyroid numbers were...
Annie Olson
- Jan 11, 2021
- 2 min
Whispering vs. Shouting
“Satire should, like a polished razor keen, wound with a touch that’s scarcely felt or seen.” - Lady Mary W. Montagu This morning I was...
Annie Olson
- May 29, 2020
- 1 min
Artificial Flowers
My spelling is so bad! My husband Phil and I do a simple crossword puzzle in the newspaper every morning. And it is a source of humor...
Annie Olson
- Apr 28, 2020
- 1 min
Holland Color
Phil is in the bedroom taking a nap. April 27, 2020, overcast and almost 50 degrees out. Good time to write some thoughts on color. I...
Annie Olson
- Apr 14, 2020
- 2 min
"I'm not deep!"
We are in the midst of this virus that's been able to shut down the whole world. A strange time to be opening an art website. An artist...
Annie Olson
- Mar 31, 2020
- 1 min
The Godfather Premier - 1972
We went to The Godfather premiere March 15, 1972. We went at the invitation of Marlon Brando to go in his place in protest of how...
Annie Olson
- Feb 26, 2020
- 2 min
The Park Township Airport
I’m 76 now. I grew up here. I learned to fly at 16 out of Park Township Airport. So many letters to the editor. So many 'My Takes.' I...
Annie Olson
- Feb 24, 2020
- 1 min
Out of the "closet"
In a few days the quarterly magazine of the COA will come out. There will be an article I wrote a few months ago for this March issue....
Annie Olson
- Feb 22, 2020
- 2 min
We're Aloft!
Last evening I kept peeking to see if my website was up and running. With my iPad. Bad choice on my part. It's 10 years old and not doing...
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