The Fabled Mr. Jack Olson Masterpiece

 

You’ve all heard it. Heard the rumor that Mr. Jack Olson had given up film making in order to occupy a desk at the British Library for the next 50 years. You’ve probably also heard the rumor that Mr. Jack Olson’s last film, his masterpiece, his first foray into the genre of Science Fiction, the film refered to by many “in the know” as ‘The Gammoner’s Project’, was to never be completed. This film gained a mythic status even when there were doubts that it was even being made. Stories spread like wildfire. According to most ‘The Gammoner’s Project’ is a story set in the present-day yet affected by the past in which certain events that may or may not have taken place result in the extinction of mankind except for one lone survivor (played by Mr. Jack Olson as he does not like working with what he often calls ‘People’) who has a series of adventures that involve everything from arguments with lonely deities to the discovery of ancient knowledge. Well, now it seems the rumors about this film may have been true or at least there’s a new rumor to occupy your attention in case you were getting bored with the old ones. This new rumor is even better than the old ones because it comes with pictures and everyone loves pictures. Don’t bother denying it, nobody will believe you. Anyway what is presented here are what could possibly be still images from the future film classic ‘The Gamonner’s Project’.

 

Fig.1 Mr. Jack Olson playing "the lone survivor" examining a strange mass of what could be clothing or just a bad prop

 

 

Fig.2 Here we see 'the lone survivor' again. Notice that while the rest of humanity has been wiped out he still tries to wear an attractive,albeit strange, outfit

 

 

Fig.3 Finally, this last image shows that the 'mass of clothing' may play an important role in the film or perhaps Mr. Jack Olson is looking at it and thinking "This looks like crap"! As these are not the finest of images it may be difficult for some viewers to see that Mr. Jack Olson is wearing the famed Scorpion belt buckle which is always the case when he does his best work

 

Drawing Eighty-one

 

Drawing Eighty

 

Drawing Seventy-nine and a poem!

 

 One Armed Cowboy Preacher

 

He’s the One Armed Cowboy Preacher

You’ve got to see him scream and shout

I saw him cure an ailin’ old lady

by castin’ her demons out

He can look at you in such a way

it will make you shake and shiver

then after his shoutin’s over

he’ll take and wash you in the river

Cleans away all your sins

that’s what he does it for

you’ll come out bright and shiny

not sinful like before

Now, this washin’ don’t last forever

but you ain’t got no reason to fear

after he’s gone and saved other souls

he’ll be back again next year

 

©2010  Mr. Jack Olson and Personal World Viewing Box Industries Children’s Stories Division All rights reserved

Drawing Seventy-eight

 

$30 paintings found in the drawer

 

That’s right! Each and every painting found in the drawer is now only thirty dollars! These paintings which were lost to the world in a drawer and only recently discovered are sure to brighten any room in your home or could be hung in an office so people will know you support the arts. The paintings themselves are all under 9 x 12 inches, if you want to know exact measurements of a particular one you could ask me and I will find a ruler and go measure it for you. These paintings are all acrylic on acid free paper which unfortunately,as you may have heard, I am running out of.Please feel free to purchase one or more.The shipping is free,that’s why they’re $30 instead of 25 because it will cost me around $5  to send it to you.

Thank you

Your friend, Mr. Jack Olson

 

 

P.S. If you decide to buy a painting you will have to send me a check or if you don’t have a checking account you can send a money order or just put cash in an envelope.

Please leave a comment on the site if you are interested in purchasing a painting.

The Best He Could Do

 

$30! Unless you travel into the future and then it will cost 5000 credits

Drawing Seventy-seven

The Secret History of the ‘Masked Child in Red’ ©

 What follows is a condensed version of  a paintings history. This does not mean it’s not boring, just that it only includes the ‘important stuff’.

Hello, I’m Mr. Jack Olson. Sometimes I paint pictures. Have you ever painted a picture? It can be lots of fun and is a marvelous pastime. There are some people(even women) who do it professionally. Now, when I say ‘professionally’ I don’t mean they go to an office where they punch in and start painting with an hour break for lunch and then count the minutes until Five when they can clock out and rush home or to the nearest bar. No, that’s not what they do. I don’t think. What professional painters actually do I couldn’t tell you because I don’t know any. That’s not true. I do know one, I’ve known him for years, but he’s an ass and I’d rather not spend any time thinking about him. The reason I mention this is because I’m going to talk about a painting and I wanted you to know that I’m not a professional. That way you wouldn’t go around saying “Well, Mr. Jack Olson said this…” and then proceed to misquote or quote me out of context in order to support your own personal ideas about  painting or art in general. With that said, I am now going to let you in on some secrets. You like secrets don’t you? I know you do, everybody does. That’s why people say “There’s got to be a secret” or “What’s his secret”?. The secret I’m going to share with you and you alone ( This is where you imagine you are an initiate into a secret (there’s that word) society that once you are accepted as a member you will be allowed access to all kinds of cool secrets that you can either turn around and offer for sale or just be satisfied that you know things other people don’t.). Alright. Now, let’s travel back in our imaginations to a time when people used Polaroid cameras and you could buy the film at the local drug store fairly cheaply. That’s right! We’re going back to the old days![sound of time moving backward. What ever you'd like to imagine that sounds like]

Look at this!

It’s a Polaroid picture!

 

I took it a long time ago. That’s why we’ve traveled back in time. I don’t  remember the exact moment that I took this picture, but if I were to guess it was one of those times I was wandering around the compound looking for ways to amuse myself. It’s possible my intention was to use it for a painting, but it’s also likely I was, as I like to say, “just screwing around”. Anyway. At some point I decided that this Polaroid needed to be translated through me on to a board using paint, so, I made this.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It’s a painting I made from the Polaroid!

I also made the frame around it. I think at the time I thought it needed a frame of some kind, so, I probably said to myself, possibly out loud “I’m going to build a frame for that painting”! I might have even said “That would be cool”. After I finished this painting I put it away somewhere and it gathered dust and some people probably stared at it blankly or hinted vaguely that they’d like to buy it and now after all these years it’s not for sale! Why is it not for sale? I don’t want it to be.

NOW

(or at least closer to now)

We move back forward in time to about three years ago. That’s not the good old days by the way. Not enough time has passed for us to become confused about how horrible three years ago actually was. However, three years ago while I was left to my own devices for a little over a month I spent that time painting pictures. Can you guess what one of the pictures I painted was? Well, if you can’t…

Here it is!

It’s another painting from the Polaroid picture!

It’s bigger than the first one and different in certain ways, but it’s the kid in red with a mask. I can remember liking how this painting was going one night and then the next day thinking it was crappy and then something else taking my attention away from it until the painting was pretty much abandoned and set in an out-of-the-way corner. I can’t really tell you why I abandoned the painting. Probably just laziness or I became bored with it. I still like the Polaroid though and one day I might paint a picture from it.

Drawing Seventy-six