Artist BIO
Olga Gansen. Watercolor artist exploring the quiet presence of life through nature, light, and form.
Born 1984. Living in Moss, Norway.
Self-taught visual artist. Started her artist journey in 2016. Olga have been learned from artists around the world with a focus on impressionistic contemporary and traditional painting techniques. Most of her artwork consists of watercolor paintings, but she also develops herself in mixmedier technic of art.
First education is forestry engineer/ master degree in the forest management.
Since 2022 she is working from home studio and creating own art collections, exhibits artwork at galleries.
Member of Nordic watercolor society and Moss Artist community.
Represented on Saatchi online ART Gallery
Exhibitions:
April 2026 - Fabriano Artist 2026 - Selected for the international exhibition "FabrianoInAcquarello"2026, Italy, Fabriano
June 2025 - Group Exhibition "1500 Moss" Art Community, Norway
April 2025 - Fabriano Artist 2025 - Selected for the international exhibition "FabrianoInAcquarello"2025, Italy Bologna/Fabriano
Apr.2025 - Guest Exhibition at Gallery Tøihuset, Old Town Fredrikstad, Norway
Oct.2024 - Group exhibition at Gallery Akvarellen, Bærum, Norway
Oct. 2024 - Guest Exhibition at Gallery Tøihuset, Old Town Fredrikstad, Norway
Oct. 2024 - Fabriano Artist 2024 - international exhibition "FabrianoInAcquarello"2024, USA Texas
June 2024 - Group Exhibition "1500 Moss", Norway / Moss Art Community /
May 2024 - Guest Exhibition at Gallery1845, Old Town Fredrikstad, Norway
April 2024 - Fabriano Artist 2024 - Selected for the international exhibition "FabrianoInAcquarello"2024, Italy Bologna
Jan.2024 The 1th WIW Members Only Exhibition online
2023 Guest Exhibition at Gallery1845, Old Town Fredrikstad, Norway.
2022 - First personal exhibition, project "The unpretentious nature " at Moss Kunst Ramme Gallery, Moss, Norway.
Artist Statement
My work is inspired by the quiet presence of nature and the timeless quality of simple forms. Through watercolor and mixed media, I explore light, transparency, vessels, and botanical forms as subjects of attentive observation.
I am drawn to objects and plants that often go unnoticed — dried seed heads, wild-growing vegetation, glass bottles, and vessels with unique shapes. In their stillness, I find an endless source of visual and emotional discovery. Rather than depicting dramatic events, I focus on subtle moments of existence: the way light rests on a surface, how a form occupies space, or how a plant continues to express its individuality through shape and structure.
Slow observation is at the heart of my practice. I often work directly from life, spending time with the objects I paint and allowing the image to develop through contemplation, repetition, and quiet attention. Sketches, studies, and material exploration become part of an ongoing dialogue with the natural world.
Watercolor is my primary medium because of its transparency, sensitivity, and ability to capture both precision and unpredictability. I am interested in creating a sense of air, silence, and presence — spaces where forms can simply exist.
My paintings invite the viewer to slow down and look more closely. Through light, color, and observation, I seek to create contemplative moments that reconnect us with the quiet richness of life as it is.