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Moon Quilt Fabric, Thread, Gouache, Acrylic, Graphite on Canvas 30 x 24"
Artist Biography:
Karin Olah is from a small-town in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Her interest in Amish quilts and textile traditions led her to study Fiber Art at Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore. For several years following art school, Karin spent time in Manhattan, creating colors and patterns for fashion designers. Now applying her fabric know-how to the realm of painting, Karin finds her collage art featured in magazines, City of Charleston posters, corporate collections, and numerous group and solo exhibitions. Influenced by her new hometown, Karin’s freshly sprouted roots grow a little deeper with every painting.
Karin Olah works on canvas, linen, and paper, creating her signature collage paintings as a way to connect with America’s quilt making heritage. Using fabric, often antique textiles, the artist works in a manner that mimics the flow of paint from a brush. Intricately cut, placed, and pasted threads overlap one another and become the paintings’ stories. Much of the artist’s palette pairs historical Charleston colors with lush complementary tones selected from her vast fabric collection. Translucent layers of cottons, silks, and linens blend with opaque calligraphic brushstrokes as graphite lines intersect the surface. Karin finishes many of the compositions with a dance of colorful encircling thread.
Karin Olah
Charleston
About the Work:
“On long walks, I look for metaphorical comparisons between the patchwork of a quilt and the blueprint of the town. This body of work extends beyond the peninsula’s borders, mapping the distinct themes and hues of the Lowcountry. When driving over bridges, I observe local islands, rivers, and marshes spread out in a composition of blue, silvery aqua, green, creamy whites, pluff mud, reeds, and cattails. My paintings reinterpret the abstract shapes and colors found on these explorations.”