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Katherine's Colors
Elegant jonquil dressed in gold,
Burning orange nasturtium,
Others hot, others bold,
Matisse-like, edged and detailed
In fine frames.
Katherine Yvinskas of Hackettstown, NJ, uses color to emblazon her work in the viewer's eye and soul. Her art leaves a spiritual sensation, bringing to mind remembrances and impressions past.
For instance, the orange and yellow geometry of Echinacea disks surrounded by pink rays brings Dick Tracy to life again. In Sugar Maple Dance, leaves flutter to earth through a tiger-like sky. Her colors have an edge -- a fluorescence, slightly dissonant.
In Spring, one linocut in a series of the four seasons, darkness falls and a young tree comes boldly to life, appearing to move, waving clusters of leaves like a fan dancer. In Summer, the tree swirls through air like a dancer's seven veils. In Autumn, fire fuels the tree, and in Winter, serenity falls.
I like to represent the world of nature, bringing in beauty, light, and a different way to look at things," Yvinskas says. And she certainly does.
Colored paintings with lined brilliance on black blackground make a very bold statement. "Applying color makes it more visually stunning. I have played around with other color backgrounds; it just didn't give me the effect I want," she says.
In contrast, black, white, green graphite - softly colored, stir the sense of touch. One can almost feel tiny hairs on leaves.
There's a part of me that likes doing this very fine detailed work and I have found that using the graphite, and maybe some very subtle water-color, really brings that across. Drawing is something I'd love to do forever. It all really goes back to drawing. It was just looking at the plant and putting it across the way I see it. Scientifically I do follow that somewhat, but I'm not going to be at the point of very realism. I like to add that surprise element to the piece." For the Dutchman's Pipe, Yvinskas added water-color and charcoals. "I focused in on the flower of the pipe because it's very tiny. It's really nice to look at it and see the wonder in it. That's what I try to bring across in a lot of the work."
Yvinskas paints wild and cultivated plants. She is a plant advocate. I am a big organic gardener. Working in the garden and creating a natural environment for plants and animals is what I do."
Yvinskas came to New York from the Midwest to pursue her art, doing figurative and abstract painting. In 1995,I visited a friend who had a lovely herb garden in Vermont. I changed my vision and started going with plants." Recently, she's exploring painting abstract landscapes. She has 20-25 years of work.
**All artwork is copyright Katherine Yvinskas. All images are copyright Katherine Yvinskas.
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published September 18, 2007
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