Olive Goes to New York
Hailey Paetzel
Olive Goes to New York, 2023, 22 1⁄2 x 67, Cardboard, mixed media
Olive is your average nineteen-year-old girl who just moved to New York City in 1995. She
is discovering many parts of herself and the future of girls in America she’d rather not
confront. A past child-genius, she is learning to cope in unhealthy ways with her new sense
of self. This piece is aimed to reflect the more grotesque parts of girlhood that are often
entangled in American media. Detailed shots below.
Hailey Paetzel is a Texas-based writer and artist. She attends the Savannah School of Art and Design and has been writing since childhood, where she was influenced by her playwright father. Her love for modern art, classic rock, the female gender, and evolutionary studies have all added to her signature style. She has stories published in Adanna Literary Journal and Delude Magazine.
