"Turn of Phrase" by Alex Olson is an oil on linen painting that embodies the artist's signature approach to abstraction, where form and language seem to dissolve into one another. Olson's fluid brushwork creates a delicate tension between figuration and pure abstraction, inviting the viewer to search for meaning within the layered surface. The luminous quality of the linen ground breathes through the paint, lending the work an ethereal, almost spoken quality.