John Olsen 'Mouse and Gorgonzola' italian artists he pictures icons of industry

he pictures icons of industry – beams

in particular his travels to Turkey and the Middle East where he most likely collected the dervish

Represented in most public collections and many international and national private collections

can be concealed with framing

This is a painting about contentment and inner peace

John Olsen 'Mouse and Gorgonzola' italian artists he pictures icons of industryMouse and Gorgonzola sparkles with humour. Legend of Australian art, John Olsen, turns his formidable talent to capturing a mouse and his Italian blue cheese. It is a tale as old as time and under the artists hand, captured with a tail as long as a road. Whether the dynamism of the Australian landscape or a mouses lactic love, Olsen injects his work with personality and optimism, treating all creatures great and small with the same degree of delight.