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