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Self Portrait as a Tree Stump
This painting created by Auseklis Ozols in 2021 represents his

Auseklis Ozols on Founding the New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts, Retiring, and the Ozols Collection.
“The Collection was born as a result of my untoward

Welcome to the Ozols Collection !
Welcome to the Ozols Collection ! The Ozols Collection is

Please Consider Us on GiveNOLA Day !
The Ozols Collection is proud to announce we will be participating

Spring Sketching with Auseklis Ozols in the Old Grove, 2021
Auseklis Ozols setting up to draw in the open air

Happy Pi Day from the Ozols Collection!
Happy Pi day from the Ozols Collection ! We thought

Our New Logo: Did you know Ozols means Oak?
The Ozols Collection has a new logo ! We are

Photo of Auseklis Ozols and Walter Stuempfig, 1963
Auseklis Ozols with his painting professor and mentor, American artist,

Happy International Women’s Day from the Ozols Collection !
“From women’s eyes this doctrine I derive. They sparkle still

Happy New Year from the Ozols Collection !
As we prepare to welcome the new year we also

Giving Thanks and Finding Gratitude…Happy Thanksgiving from the Ozols Collection
Thanksgiving is a multifaceted topic as we consider colonialism, immigration

The Ozols Collection receives 501(c)(3) Status from the Federal Government
After many months of writing, waiting, communicating, and documenting our

Happy Memorial Day from the Ozols Collection
This painting, In Recognition of the American Soldier by Auseklis

Happy Easter from the Ozols Collection
Black Christ, by Auseklis Ozols, 1991. This is a detail

Drawing Workshop Announcement: The Anatomy of Trees with Auseklis Ozols, President of the Ozols Collection. Please join us for a two morning session in New Orleans City Park under the 800 year old oak tree; April 8-9,(Thursday and Friday Morning) 10am-12pm.
The Anatomy of Trees workshop with Auseklis Ozols This two-morning

Art Histories and Contemporary Practices: Poetic or Disparate?
A colleague recently mentioned a quotation by Anthony Trollope https://trollopesociety.org,

Drawing the Body and Spirit: Happy Halloween from The Ozols Collection
The study of anatomy is a vital part of learning

Object Lesson: Grotesque, Advanced Flesh-tone Study, or Commentary on Ancient Myth ?
Painting raw meat is an advanced still life lesson that

Gwendolyn Laan Ozols: The Portraits
The late Gwendolyn Laan Ozols survives in countless portraits painted

Object Lesson: Winter Whites in “Peonies,” by Auseklis Ozols
This painting of peonies demonstrates one of the most sophisticated

Portrait of Governor Foster, by Auseklis Ozols
The Ozols Collection offers respectful remembrance of Governor Foster through

Between the Sun and the Moon: Happy Birthday to Auseklis Ozols, American Realist.
The Autumnal Equinox marks the birthday of realist painter Auseklis

Artifact Analysis: Self Portrait by Auseklis Ozols, 2003
Artists create self portraits for reasons as varied as there

Prestigious Purchase of Ozols Painting by the Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Museum of American Art
The Ozols Collection is pleased to announce a prestigious purchase

Labour Day from the Ozols Collection: Labourer at the Conschocken Quarry by Walter Stuemphig, American Realist, 1964
The Ozols Collection celebrates this Labour Day with a rare

Auseklis Ozols’ Labour Day Lecture at Abbey Artworks
Auseklis Ozols lectured to a full, socially distanced, temperature checked,