I have a new favorite artist: Yvonne Coomber. I went to the Affordable Art Fair this past Friday and had the pleasure to discover this wonderful artwork. I simply cannot get over how stunning and visually gratifying her paintings are. So alive, so colorful, so playful, yet so simple and happy. I can’t find enough words to describe the feelings awakened inside me.
When describing where her inspiration comes from, Yvonne says:
“My paintings are inspired by the gentle hills and the singing rainbows of tumbling, spilling, flowers outside my studio which is nestled deeply in the folds of Devon. Painting for me is a love affair: I am profoundly passionate about it, it grips my heart tightly and I yearn for it when I am away. I am both a dreamer and a believer. I work very intuitively and instinctively, creating a space in which I allow the image to evolve and unravel. My practice demands that I am courageous and openhearted and it always involves risk. It is also an eternal search for truth. I feel things with a burning intensity and my canvas provides a container for these huge emotions.”
Another captivating artist, from the same Street Store Gallery in London, UK, is Michael Lukasiewicz.
“My paintings are of the human form, the soft tenderness that can transfer to the viewer; never the anger of the world but more …
