Jeremy Olson’s work leaves the viewer with many question marks. The paintings, as well as the sculptures that the artist creates, either 3D printed or mixed media, represent clearly imaginary worlds in which monsters live, performing actions so human that they create a curious alienating effect.
The artist’s landscapes take up the concept of the interregnum, or an era, or a place of transition between different historical epochs, in which mutation occurs. There is a notion of the future in Olson’s work; the subjects are in fact anthropomorphic monsters, at home in contexts on the brink of catastrophe, such as a house with its roof caved in or a forest that appears to have been destroyed by fire. In this global collapse, the characters perform very simple actions such as scrolling on a smartphone, perhaps leaning against a red dragon as if it were a comfortable sofa.

The landscape component is very evocative. Jeremy Olson depicts spatial, alien landscapes, both in colour and form, often abstract elements are inserted into the landscape out of the blue, making no connection with the landscape, in some cases created with naturalistic elements. A small mountain landscape becomes an exhibition model, leaving one with the continuous feeling, when observing Olson’s complete production, of moving from the micro to the macro, with doubts as to where we ourselves are viewing these worlds from.