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OLIVIA SALDÍVAR - Artist - Printmaker - Painter
Paintings
Printmaking
Olivia Saldívar - Artist - Printmaker - Painter
Artist Statement
I carve prints which portray the ennui and mystery of the southwestern landscape.
Carving relief prints and painting offers a textural immediacy to the known and the
unknown of our land. It is vital to document these mysteries and offer context as to
what it means to live in the borderlands of the west in our day and age. Documenting
the quiet beauty of the southwestern landscape has long been a theme in my work as
stories and shapes unfold and transform in the bright sun. Sometimes resulting in
minimalist landscapes. Other times resulting in portraiture. People are constructed
within the frame, looking out, watching and waiting to discover their next course of
action. This individualization within the tableau gives pause to and silence from one
to another. In the end there is hope in the silence and in that contemplation.
Bio
Olivia Saldívar is an artist, printmaker and painter living and working out of Fort
Worth, Texas. Receiving her BFA from the University of Texas at Arlington she teaches
middle school art, photography and graphic design in the historic north side of
Fort Worth.
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