Yolande Wyer

I am a local mixed media artist based in Garsington.

My previous experience in architectural practice informs much of my art practice.

My work is concerned and inspired by themes of both place / space and also and well being. The dissertation in support of my Masters in Fine art at Oxford Brookes University was based on Liminality and Critical spatial theory.

My current art practice is diverse, as I feel creativity is rarely restricted to one genre or medium. Over the past few years I have produced a series of collagraph prints concerned with ‘refuge spaces’. These spaces can be physical, social, psychological or spiritual, and were based around 2 major projects, exploring Lindisfarne Tidal Refuges and also the Allotment/Tool shed.

Allotments are green refuges from our busy urban and suburban lives and contribute to a distinctive layered landscape and sense of place. New works will include local landscapes.

In parallel, I have expanded my painting practice in acrylic painting to a variety of themes and to the use various materials including collage, mixed media, and assembled objects.

Abstracted forms, motifs, marks, interiors and textures are the unifying expression of many of my artworks.

Most recently art practice projects have been inspired by travelling to Venice and Egypt, generating new colour palettes and the representation of the passing of time.

Recently, I have also developed an interest in figurative art and life drawing.