Clair de Lune ink and gouache on Arches paper which are then rubbed away

which are then rubbed away

each dot/circle is covered with clear encaustic medium

Seeing and looking

A self-taught painter

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

Clair de Lune ink and gouache on Arches paper which are then rubbed awayThe 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