Yvette

Yvette approaches art-making with total focus, absorption and instinct.

Beginning with finely observed drawings of objects in the Artbox studio, or images of figures and interiors from books and magazines, she captures character, detail and depth with clarity and flair.
From there, her process is immersive and physical, guided by her feel for the materials in use. Pencils, charcoal, oil pastels and paint are all used with both sensitivity and responsiveness, but also sheer enjoyment, rhythm, and vigour. The results are rich, layered and thick surfaces where nothing is left untouched. Oil pastels are pushed thickly into paper, leaving visible peaks; space is cleared through scratching back with fingernails, or redefined with pencil. Painted surfaces are saturated with pigment, often seeping through to create prints on the reverse.
Her compositions move between a clarity of drawing and a bold saturation of colour, where close observation meets rhythmic mark-making and a dense, physical surface.