Free Dirt

Fall 2016

SEASON IS DELIGHTED TO PRESENT A show of new oil paintings BY Michael Ottersen WITH AN OPENING RECEPTION October 9, 2-5PM.  THE SHOW CONTINUEs TO December 31.

Across the street that one neighbor is always working on his yard.  There is a blue tarp at the end of his driveway and on it is a pile of that useless sandy clay we have out here and what looks like a few chunks of brick.  There is maybe enough soil there to fill a pair of small planter boxes.  Part of me plans to take it away one night just so I don’t have to look at it anymore.  I could slowly throw it away in my trash until it is all gone.  Then I think of his generosity and I shake my head.  He paid so much money for that property a dozen years ago, and now he’s giving it away for free, with a little cardboard sign and his blessings.

 

Michael Ottersen, Rest Area, 2014, oil on canvas, 72 x 48 inches.

Michael Ottersen, Rest Area, 2014, oil on canvas, 72 x 48 inches.

Michael Ottersen, A Naked People Person, 2014, oil on canvas, 60 x 45 inches.

Michael Ottersen, A Naked People Person, 2014, oil on canvas, 60 x 45 inches.

Michael Ottersen, Summer Reading, 2016, oil on wood, 18 x 21.5 x 3.25 inches.

Michael Ottersen, Summer Reading, 2016, oil on wood, 18 x 21.5 x 3.25 inches.

Michael Ottersen, There’s That (A), 2015, gouache on paper, 15 x 10 inches.

Michael Ottersen, There’s That (A), 2015, gouache on paper, 15 x 10 inches.

Michael Ottersen, Portrait of a Ladyfinger/Fontainebleau, 2016, ink on paper, 12 x 9 inches.

Michael Ottersen, Two of the Nine Permanent Emotions, diptych, 2016, ink on paper, 12 x 9 inches each.

Michael Ottersen, Double Portrait of a Ladyfinger/Fontainbleau, diptych, 2016, ink on paper, 12 x 9 inches each

Michael Ottersen, Double Portrait of a Ladyfinger/Fontainbleau, diptych, 2016, ink on paper, 12 x 9 inches each

 

Michael Ottersen, Famous People in Bed, 2016, oil on canva, 24 x 24 inches.

Michael Ottersen, Famous People in Bed, 2016, oil on canva, 24 x 24 inches.

 

Michael Ottersen, Still Life with Advil, 2016, oil on wood, 6.25 x 8 x 3.5 inches.

Michael Ottersen, Still Life with Advil, 2016, oil on wood, 6.25 x 8 x 3.5 inches.

 

Michael Ottersen, Lower Education/5 Easy Pieces 5, 2015, gouache on paper, 15 x 11 inches.

Michael Ottersen, Lower Education/5 Easy Pieces 5, 2015, gouache on paper, 15 x 11 inches.

 

Michael Ottersen, Black Space, 2016, gouache on paper, 16 x 12 inches.

Michael Ottersen, Black Space, 2016, gouache on paper, 16 x 12 inches.