At 19 Miss Preciado arrived with her mother in California to continue her painting and fashion illustrations. She was born and raised in Mexico, an early apprentice to her mother and to three other local gifted painters. Olivia's artistic education began as a child and continues.
'I'm still in love with the endless results of color pairings and with the enhancement of texture. I learned to draw and to mix colors at an early age: I would come home after school only to start painting besides my mother and brothers.'
Her experimenting soon turned into a language of its own, the subjects and...more