Love of the written word…
Jessica Olivia is a calligrapher and illustrator based in Dublin, Ireland, with a fondness for beautiful things, peculiar stories, and ideas that behave just slightly out of line. With an academic background in science and research, and several years spent working in hospitality and marketing, she brings an unusual balance of intuition and structure to her work. Art and design were always present in the margins, quietly insistent, until the sensible path eventually gave way.
Pink Moon was dreamed up during the Pink Moon of April, a moment that felt particularly well suited to reimagining how one might spend their time on this spinning rock. What began as an idea became a studio practice rooted in painting, illustration, and calligraphy, with an emphasis on detail, narrative, and work that rewards a second look.
Jessica Olivia’s work is known for its whimsical surface and measured depth. Beauty is deliberate, humour is dry, and nothing is entirely without subtext. Her process is informed by research, systematic thinking, and patient trial and error, allowing ideas to evolve slowly until they feel inevitable rather than forced.
Inspiration is drawn from the Irish landscape and its seasonal colour shifts, vintage children’s books, classical mythology, and the quiet oddities of everyday life. She is particularly interested in overlooked details, the personalities objects seem to acquire over time, and characters whose charm lies in their minor flaws. Her greatest influences are her sons, Arthur and Leo, whose way of seeing the world continues to sharpen her appreciation for wonder, imagination, and storytelling that does not always follow adult logic.
Away from the studio, Jessica Olivia enjoys visiting inspirational sites across Ireland, discovering new artists and becoming temporarily consumed by them, and spending time with her brothers, sisters, and remarkable mother. She also collects obscure trinkets, curiosities, and the occasional netsuke entirely on her own, objects that appear small but feel quietly significant.
She has a particular fondness for a well organised colour clash, the softness of a dog’s belly, dark wood, and the precise powder blue of Wedgwood jasperware. She prefers weather that is cold enough to be improved by a blanket, where warmth feels considered rather than accidental.
Jessica Olivia lives with her husband Mark, their sons Arthur and Leo, and two dogs, and hopes to fill both her work and her home with curiosity, gentle irreverence, and just enough mischief to keep things from becoming too well behaved.