Olaf uses color, light, and brushwork to achieve visual harmony. His large works create a statement, whether your home is a quaint Colonial in Milford, a larger home on the Upper East Side, or the vacation home in the Hamptons or Palm Beach. He captures the movement of water, as well as the freshness and clarity of sunlight, which seems to glisten on his surfaces. In describing himself as well as other artists of "representational art," he writes: "Each dab is stimulated by the details that I observe; we see what others miss and then make it compelling. See others.