Clair de Lune ink and gouache on Arches paper One is simply left with

One is simply left with a sense of the ephemeral ways shapes occupy surfaces

This work is one of many similar works consisting of acrylic painted cut off wood

Her process involves an intuitive marking of the surface resulting in continuous

A self-taught painter

Seeing and looking

Clair de Lune ink and gouache on Arches paper One is simply left withThe images Yntema creates are the result of accumulated, semi translucent layers of color. The beeswax gives a dimensional quality to whatever surface she paints on. Despite the buildup of layers, the qualities of the wax also imbue an ephemeral lightness to the pictures, as light is allowed to pass through the top layer to illuminate the layers beneath. The process of creating these pictures is slow and deliberate, and that sense of the building up