Now on View!
Original pigment ink drawings by Seattle artist Olivia Knapp
About the artist:
Olivia Knapp’s intricate hand drawn pen and ink style is influenced by European line engravings of decorative relief and scientific specimens from the 16th and 17th centuries. Her tight cross hatching technique involves long slow and steady curved lines that articulate the surface contours of her subjects; creating supple and tangible imagery. These un-swelled lines incorporate a “line to dot” rendering method as well as an, extremely rare “dot and lozenge” rendering method. “Dot and lozenge” is a practice that was used by 16th century masters, in which a dot is placed in the center of a diamond shape made by a cross hatching pattern, helping to refine the transition between values.
Most of Olivia’s content explores the relationship between desire, reason, and circumstance. Her current body of work uses the head and heart as contrasting characters in an ongoing story.
Olivia studied at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Parsons The New School for Design, majoring in Fashion Design and receiving her BFA in 2006 from Parsons.

On view through Sept. 8th, 2014
oliviaknapp.com

Coming Up for September:

Our Kingdom: Michelle Smith-Lewis and Sarah Smith
Stunning Tinytypes, Ambrotypes and Macro-Photography work documenting our natural surroundings.
Opens Thurs, Sept. 11th 2014 RSVP

Michelle Smith-Lewis
Portrait of a Bracken Fern
Wet Plate Collodion, Tintype
Triptych (4×5’s), framed 21×15

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