Osborne’s early training at New England School of Art in Boston, under the direction of painters from the Gloucester and Boston schools of painting gave him the understanding of paint as expressed by the American Impressionists. His living for 20 years in the Mid-coast of Maine furthered his development in the atmospheric paintings with fog, mist and cloudy skies. These coastal experiences equally influenced his sculpture, transpired through the animals depicted and the lyrical moods they express.