Artist Statement: Primarily through black ink, I create works that are a healing and truth-seeking investigation. In conversation with the materials I am marking, I layer ink as a means of mapping the present conditions and environment through the lens of my lived experience. My interest in pattern as language stems from my multiracial heritage, which inspires how the patterns relate to one another and stand alone. Accentuating the balance of black and white, busy and still, negative and positive, and the valid in-betweens, my linework is embedded in meticulous, instinctive wisdom. First Crit - October 12, 2022 @cranbrookpainting 📷@eljefe313 Art as Spirit Work. “Preparing for my first crit and praying over these works as they become offerings.” 📷 @bedrockdetroit. #ModernAncientBrown #ModernAncientBrownFoundation Find Olivia’s work at @midnightolive.