Born and raised in Albuquerque, NM, Oskar Petersen uses oil pastel on artist built wood framed panels as his medium of choice. Oskar’s paintings feature character driven compositions. The paintings are snapshots of stories of triumph, failure, and impermanence. The brightness and thickness of the lines bring a tenderness and innocence to the work that can make a cluttered scene comforting. The paintings are acknowledgments of the artist and audience’s shared internal condition.