Artist Erik Olson
Title Slash-Pile
Media oil on canvas
Dated 2007 -ca,
Size 36 x 54 in. / 91.4 x 137.2 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; framed

Reference
Slash-Pile [2007] by Erik Olson was first presented in the artist’s self-curated debut exhibition staged in an abandoned gas station. Painted following a motorcycle journey through the widespread Mountain Pine Beetle infestation across British Columbia and Alberta, the work reflects the vast ecological disruption that left forests of red, dead pine stretching to the horizon. Depicting a logging 'slash pile,' the composition fragments the Canadian landscape into a faceted, Cubist-inflected vision, evoking the legacy of Tom Thomson. The painting belongs to a series produced at the Banff Centre in summer 2007; its largest counterpart is held in the collection of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts included in the Mountain Pine Beetle, IDEAL Art Space, Calgary, Canada, 2007; see the artist's website here for image and reference

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$2,000-$4,000

Artist Erik Olson
Title Untitled [0023]
Media pastel on paper
Dated 2015
Size 11 x 15 in. / 27.9 x 38.1 cm.

Notes
unsigned; bears artist name, title and date on gallery label verso; framed

Provenance
VivianeArt, Calgray, label verso; private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$300-$500

Artist Erik Olson
Title Untitled - The Moon and the Sea #7/20
Media etching on paper
Size 8.5 x 6 in. / 21.6 x 15.2 cm.

Notes
signed and numbered along bottom; framed

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$200-$300

Artist Erik Olson
Title Hayley
Media oil on canvas board
Dated 2013
Size 30 x 24 in. / 76.2 x 61 cm.

Notes
signed on edge; bears artist's name, title and date on gallery label verso; unframed

Provenance
Douglas Udell, Edmonton, label verso; from an Edmonton estate
Estimate CAD$700-$900

Artist Erik Olson
Title Chickadee
Media oil on fabric
Dated 2014
Size 20 x 16 in. / 50.8 x 40.6 cm.

Notes
signed on edge; bears artist's name, title and date on gallery label verso; unframed

Reference
represented by Viviane Art, Calgary

Provenance
Douglas Udell, Edmonton, Calgary; from an Edmonton estate
Estimate CAD$350-$450