Susan Olds presents a slide lecture covering Paul Gauguin's years in Paris and the Pacific Islands. The presentation includes over 100 images of Gauguin's work, traces the development of Gauguin's style, theories about art and his quest for a more elemental, primitive life away from Western civilization. This lecture coincides with the Seattle Art Museum's exhibit, Gauguin and Polynesia: An Elusive Paradise, February 9-April 29, 2012.