Behind the finished work—the testing, the iterations, the domestic rituals of making.
Working primarily in oil, Olivia builds surfaces through heavy impasto that gives form weight and permanence. Her gestural brushwork refuses prettiness or idealisation—each stroke visible, urgent, yet deeply tender in cumulative effect.
There's something testing and ceremonial about viewing paintings outside in natural light—it's where the artist sees colour relationships without artificial interference, where decisions get made about what works and what doesn't.