He is a talented painter and poet and Sr Citizen, an attractive and appealing slender volume, is his first collection to be published . It features both his poetry and art.
Most of the poems are written in Spanish and have English translations.
You can read his poetry at pensamientoslentos.blogspot.
And for bio info go here - http://www.artreview.com/profile/CharlesOlsen
Cool. I met Charles while I was travelling through Spain in 2008, and wrote an article about him for a NZ lifestyle magazine, as well as one for an English-language magazine in Madrid.
ReplyDeleteHe's a very interesting guy.
You can read the NZ-based article here: http://www.wildtomato.co.nz/articles/locals-abroad-brush-strokes-and-flamenco.aspx