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Press

The The press page for Chris Olson, an licensed illustrator and pattern designer. Includes features about Chris Olson on Pattern Observer, PopSugar, and Apartment 34.

Pattern Observer Award for Excellence

Chris Olson was honored and delighted to receive the Pattern Observer Award for Excellence in October, 2014. You can read the details about the award here.

The Pattern Observer Award of Excellence is of designers who have proven themselves to be talented artists, trustworthy partners and emerging leaders in our industry.
— Michelle Fifis, Pattern Observer

Chris Olson is featured in the UPPERCASE Magazine Surface Pattern Design Guide

Chris Olson featured in UPPERCASE Surface Pattern Design Guide.

Chris Olson featured in UPPERCASE Surface Pattern Design Guide.

I am delighted to be included with all the amazing artists featured in UPPERCASE. That’s my artwork (far right side) in the newest issue no. 32! It’s a honor and a thrill to be chosen to be in the Surface Pattern Design Guide! Click on the link to find out more about the Surface Pattern Design Guide.

For the Surface Pattern Design Guide, 774 submissions were received and reviewed by UPPERCASE editor Janine Vangool. She selected 100 to be included in this issue. 

The UPPERCASE Surface Pattern Design Guide Second Edition is a special part of UPPERCASE magazine issue #32 (Jan/Feb/March 2017). It features the best in established and up-and-coming surface pattern designers.
— UPPERCASE Magazine, editor Janine Vangool
Three patterns by Chris Olson featured in UPPERCASE Magazine.

Three patterns by Chris Olson featured in UPPERCASE Magazine.

Chris Olson is featured in UPPERCASE Magazine Surface Pattern Design Guide.

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Chris was delighted to have her art featured in PopSugar's post Stylish Pet Portraits collection by editor Miranda Jones.

 

Chris Olson's custom pet portraits featured on PopSugar.com.

Chris Olson's custom pet portraits featured on PopSugar.com.

Content Marketing

Here's what Erin Hiemstra--Editor at Apartment 34, digital communications expert, fashion and décor enthusiast and stylist--said about Chris Olson's guest post on Apartment 34: 

"The herringbone floors in this bedroom had me at hello. 
Chris Olson, of Momathon Blog has some seriously glamorous taste. 
I’d happily crawl into that bed and stay there for a very very long time!"

You can find this Apartment 34 blog post here.

 

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CUSTOM PET PORTRAITS

Fashion expert and blogger Rose over at Blonde in This City featured my custom pet portraits in this post.  I had so much fun illustrating her dogs. I'm thrilled she found me and asked me to create portraits of her three adorable dogs—Mollie, Zeus, Tigger, and Zoe. You can see the post below.

Chris Olson's custom pet portraits were featured in the blog Blondes in This City.

Chris Olson's custom pet portraits were featured in the blog Blondes in This City.