Fabulist!

Kathie Olivas has an upcoming gallery show, "Bittersweet," opening at G1988: SF on February 29. Tentacled children and sinister red-eyed bunnies with a penchant for sweets are the overriding theme of the paintings. There seems to be a battle going on between the spooky children and the sock-puppet rabbits, presumably over sweets, and who can blame them?

But what really excites me about Kathie Olivas is her style in three-dimensional form, illustrated in her sculptures using oil on epoxy resin. Tiny figures that you can touch with your hands, pick up, and contemplate from all sides. Characters from her paintings come alive, in miniature.

View the preview for the show here, with all the paintings, sculptures, and custom vinyl on display.

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