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Frank Olt Art

American, b. 1956
Frank Olt is a Professor of Art and Ceramics at CW Post College in NY. He was an artist in residence at PS1 the legendary art studio gallery complex in Long Island City, NY in the 1970's. Frank Olt largely considers himself to be a self taught artist , identifying his influences as Pollock, Johns, Kelly Rothko and Ray Johnson who he met and befriended in the 1970's. His work spans 40 years of traditional ceramics and encaustic paintings with his style evolving over his career and worldwide travels studying the various traditional methods of ceramics and painting. His work remains very much his own unique style that is very much color field, almost abstract and more often than not reflects the landscape around him so keenly observed. Spending summers on Fire Island NY with its unique light and landscape is often seen in works created during those summers. Olt has shown in Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Long Island and Asia. His work is highly regarded as a hybrid of both a modern ceramists, though you will find a kiln in his studio, and an abstract painter, though you will find no brushes in his studio either. Olt is still living and working on Long island, with his family. His studio is located in Oyster Bay Long Island PERMANENT COLLECTIONS Bellevue Hospital, New York, NY Ceramics Monthly Magazine, Westerville, OH C.W. Post College, Brookville, NY Friends Academy, Locust Valley, NY Heckscher Museum, Huntington, NY Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY Konggi Museum, Sowon, Korea Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea Kyung Sung University, Pusan, Korea Marywood University, Scranton, PA M.T.A. Arts for Transit, New York, NY Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn, NY Woodhull Hospital, Brooklyn, NY North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY
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Artist: Frank Olt
Abstract painting white green red and blue "Landscape no.19' encaustic painting
By Frank Olt
Located in Brookville, NY
Frank Olt was a artist in residence at P.S1, the legendary Long Island City studio/gallery complex during the late 70s. Olt regards himself largely as a self taught painter, identify...
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Early 2000s Abstract Geometric Frank Olt Art

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Encaustic

Abstract color on panel pinks greens and blues "Cycle no. 2 " by Frank Olt
By Frank Olt
Located in Brookville, NY
Frank Olt was a artist in residence at P.S1, the legendary Long Island City studio/gallery complex during the late 70s. Olt regards himself largely as a self taught painter, identify...
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Early 2000s Abstract Geometric Frank Olt Art

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Encaustic

Abstract Painting on panel blue green purple red and yellow "Jacobs Ladder #6"
By Frank Olt
Located in Brookville, NY
Frank Olts encaustic paintings are images that he creates from landscapes through out his travels. With a studio in Oyster Bay New York you find his colors pulled from the sea, the ...
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Early 2000s Abstract Frank Olt Art

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Encaustic

Wreath of Life, deep midnight Blue with gold leaf tree
By Frank Olt
Located in Brookville, NY
Frank Olt finds most of his creative images in the landscape. The suggestion of a late night sky with a silhouette on the Arboretum like property that he lives on. The vivid deep blues surround the golden tree with sprays of moonlight coming from the edges. A ceramic and encaustic on panel, mounted for hanging installation.
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2010s American Modern Frank Olt Art

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Ceramic

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