Olive Ayhens

Olive Ayhens is a painter who makes watercolor works of exaggerated landscapes that retain a high level of detail. Each of her compositions is the composite of several perspectives with optical distortion, typically featuring her immediate observed surroundings. For this reason, New York City is a frequent subject in her works. Ayhens explains, “The experience of observing New York City from a highly elevated viewpoint” is akin to “studying an organism under a microscope.” Ayhens cites the architecture of the Moors and Antoni Gaudí among her influences.

Olive lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.