LIVING ARTFULLY WITH OLIVIA:
Based in Vancouver, BC, Olivia is an expert in living artfully. Through her teachings around her life philosophy, The DARM Movement [Death Awareness Re-enchantment Movement], graduate research on sacralizing human experience & contemporary abstract artistry, each new day in her life is an inimitable amalgamation of meaningful work.
Olivia's intention as an abstract expressionist artist is to create works of art that serve as triggers for transcendence in her collectors everyday lives: a place to rest, forget oneself, & be moved again by a single drop of golden paint. Infusing an energy of re-enchantment into her collectors’ lives from inside their very own home, they are reminded as they glimpse at her work amidst the mundanity of the everyday: to pause and relish—if only for a moment—in the inherent beauty & richness of being alive.
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SHE WRITES,
"My everyday practice—inside and outside the studio—is a life designed for flow states, peak experiences & triggers for transcendence. To me, designing one's life with this kind of intentionality towards filling one's cup by surrounding oneself with beauty, meaning & fulfillment—is what it means to live artfully.
Living in this way, my being is the catalyst, channel & paintbrush for the uplifting qualities alive within my artwork: and thus alive within the viewer too. As I fill my own cup, it spills over into my artwork and the lives of others. As expressed by Beaver Theodos, ‘There is little to no distinction between the things I am and the things I create’”.
Called to replenish this existential need for re-enchantment in the ever-preoccupied modern world, her impasto abstract expressionist style imbues a sense of expansion, wakefulness of being & life-affirming energy into everyday spaces; transforming one's environmental psychology from neutral to inspiring — and even sacralizing.
Fusing her unique process of creation with her research on sacralizing human experience, Olivia is a visionary here to spur one to design a life surrounded by beauty & excellence, while simultaneously revealing to them that “the sacred is in the ordinary." Standing before her work, this is the feeling as whispered in one's ear, while their entire body is awakened to an ignited sense of presence & awareness from inside their very own home.
Featured collection: Large scale original abstract works
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DESIGN A LIFE
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THE SHAPE OF YOUR ASPECT
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ROMANCE ME, TAKE ME BACK TO THE BEGINNING
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IT'S HER JOURNEY
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LOVERS IN A DANGEROUS TIME
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GOLDEN EARS
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Featured collection: First ever framed print series!
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THIS NEXT BREATH IS NEW FOR US ALL - FRAMED PRINT
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- OLIVIA BY DESIGN
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BACK IN ALIGNMENT - FRAMED PRINT
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RISE ABOVE - FRAMED PRINT
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TEMPLE OF ENTHUSIASM - FRAMED PRINT
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