Graphics

Oil paint on Canvas

2022

Unframed

“I started painting this piece a few years ago. The idea came to me while I was sitting and thinking about how quiet it was the day after my youngest child left home. I felt a bit lost.

It was the first of many paintings I did that year. There are many hours of intricate twig detail but at the time, I was relieved to focus my attention on painting rather than being sad and missing my kids. This was one of the most time-consuming oil paintings I have ever attempted and took the longest to complete. Through it, I felt I regained my freedom to be creative and found myself in my art again.

The nest sits empty with complex twigs intertwining with each other. They represent all that I am as a mother intertwined with hope, worry, pride, sadness, and happiness for my kids. I’ve added a ghostly white Haida Raven overlooking the empty nest to represent myself.” – Trace Yeomans

Acrylic Paint on Board

Unframed

60 x 36 x 1.75″ (each panel)

60 x 72 x 1.75″ (entire diptych)

“The inspiration to do this painting came about from my wife Trace’s desire to have a large, bold, and somewhat modern piece in our dining room. The idea was borrowed from a commission I did for the City of Vancouver in 2010 [street banners that would hang along Granville to 16th Avenue]…
I like this updated version better [than the commissioned design]. It looks less like a stained-glass window and has more movement. Trace and I enjoyed the painting part, as she painted one side and I the other. Her side is no doubt the cleaner painting.” – Don Yeomans

Oil paint on Canvas

2021

Framed

“I love painting with oils, but have done less over the years, as it causes lung issues with me. I’ll only paint one or two oil paintings a year now. When I set out to paint this moon, I had in mind the idea to paint him as a Full Moon (heavy-set) with attitude, as if he were ‘full’ of himself, so he looks a bit smug.” – Trace Yeomans