This body of work is a retrospective of the many different styles and mediums the artist has painted over the years. It includes the fields of Wisconsin where she grew up; the shores of Lake Superior where she had a summer home; and even Ireland where she visited frequently. The show will remain up through May 1. Free to the public.

Artist Statement

As an artist, I prefer painting from memory or imagination which allows me to be more abstract. In this exhibit, however you will see a retrospective of my watercolors, oils, and pastels many worked from photographs I took and painted in the studio.

They record a life spent growing up in the beautiful Driftless area of Wisconsin, tending my gardens and family in Minneapolis. enjoying our summer home in Lake Superior and our many trips to my husband’s home in Ireland,

In the studio I like to paint in a series of related images on the same subject each attempting to evoke a different emotion or perspective through color and /or different media. This exhibit may show you only one of a series but many different mediums. 

And as Michelangelo once said, ‘I am still learning.’

Yvonne Foster

Biography

Yvonne studied with painters on Madeline Island, Wisconsin, at the Minnetonka Art Center, and at Grand Marais Art Colony among others. Painting trips to Crete, Italy, Puerto Rico, Ireland have resulted in group exhibits in Bayfield, WI, La Pointe, WI, Hopkins Art Center, Plymouth Art Center, and Minnetonka Center for the Arts. Yvonne has had solo exhibits on Madeline Island, Wi, and the Casket Arts Building located in the Northeast Arts District of Minneapolis.

Together with artist France Miller, Yvonne co-published Wit and Wisdom, a book of Irish Proverbs illustrated with our watercolors.

Yvonne is a grandmother of six, including a graduate of O’Shea Irish Dance. 

Yvonne works out of her home studio and can be contacted at ymaf at aol.com.

This event is part of the Irish Arts Week and the St. Paul Art Crawl.