20" X 16" Monoprint collage on board witrh Acrylic matt medium

This monoprint is from Olin’s "Bird Series," which deals with folklore and superstition around birds throughout cultures in literature, songs and visual imagery. The image of “Bird with Crown” certainly alludes to some myth or story passed down through folklore in its specific subject matter. Olin’s use of earth tones and simple shapes mimic tribal drawings, yet the contrasting visual textures within each shape create a complex pattern, giving the piece a new level of sophistication.

Debra Olin is a printmaker, living and working in Somerville MA. She received her M.F.A. from Mass College of Art and her BA from the University of Cincinnati. She has exhibited widely in the United States and abroad and her work is in many private and public collections including Harvard's Fogg Art Museum and the Boston Public Library. She was recently awarded the Rappaport Prize, the largest public annual award to an individual artist in New England.