“Ohlson’s control of color, arrived at by intuition rather than scientific theory, is always part and parcel with the compositional means he has selected at each stage of his evolution. These developments as outlined here may sound more methodical, more plotted than they actually have been. Neither he nor any other good artist educates himself to produce some final revelation of an earlier vision. Quite oppositely, at each stage the paintings have spoken for themselves on the premises which underlay their making at the time. Yet it is impossible in retrospect not to see that his preoccupations have contributed to an ongoing process and continuity.”
- E.C. Goossen
Excerpt from the essay for the exhibition Doug Ohlson at Bennington: Two Decades, 1962-1982, Bennington College, VT, 1982
Untitled, 1983
Acrylic on paper
38 x 41 in. (sheet)
40 ½ x 45 5/8 in. (framed)
$35,000
Untitled, 1984
Acrylic on canvas
60 x 62 in.
$60,000
Lost Child, 1986
Acrylic on canvas
60 x 60 in.
$60,000
Germantown Red, 1984
Acrylic on canvas
62 x 60 in.
$60,000
Untitled, 1987
Acrylic on canvas
62 x 60 in.
$60,000
Harlequin, 1983
Acrylic on canvas
76 x 104 in.
$100,000
Cool Blue, 1981
Oil and acrylic on canvas
60 x 72 in.
$65,000
Untitled, 1985
Acrylic on canvas
32 x 33 in.
$45,000
Close Tone, 1984
Oil and acrylic on canvas
62 x 60 in.
$60,000