Olivia Marie Braida-Chiusano (born 1948) is an American botanical artist, author, and educator.
She graduated from Empire College of the State University of New York where she received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business and Art.
[3][4] In 1997 she studied the original botanical drawings and paintings of Ferdinand & Franz Bauer at the Natural History Museum, London, and the original fruit paintings of William Hooker at the Lindley Library in London.
In 2000, she visited Europe again to examine first-hand the Botanical Style of the French Court at the Bibliothèque Centrale du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, including original botanical works on Vellum-the Vélins du Roi (Kings' Velum Paintings) by artists such as Daniel Rabel, Nicolai Robert, Claude Aubriet, Gerard Van Spaendonck, Pierre-Joseph Redouté, Pancrace Bessa.
[3] In 1998, she designed, and trademarked the PERPLEXI, an artist grid-drawing tool used to explain dimensional concepts.
She also taught classes at the New York Botanical Gardens, and in other locations that have included Vermont and France.