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Yolanta Desjardins
“Surprises in My Garden” Oil on Canvas, 18”x37”
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By YaRo
Australian painter Yolanta Desjardins employs precision and a compositional style with inviting warm color hues in still life's, landscapes, and portraits. Her paintings of personal figures and intimate moments explore youth, family bonds, and seasonal beauty through nature. Desjardins' work is modest and profound, as she adds a light air and a sense of intimacy in warm lighting and soft brushstrokes. A gift for capturing the joyful honesty in the eyes of her human subjects, with a keen sense for layers and color that evoke each person's emotion and unique personality.
Beyond the elegance of Desjardins compositions, she captures objects hinting towards the history of each person and setting observing her subject's relationship to the background using light as the compass for that which connects the two. Proper color coordination and intricate details make this portrait artist a curious storyteller revealing discovery in each stroke. Her landscapes flourish with shades of green and flat skies that convey the arrival to a treasured destination painted in backgrounds resting on horizon lines, with each color and natural element coming together as if whisked away into one blow by the wind.
“Red Delight” Oil on Canvas, 24”x30”
Desjardins has works in the permanent collection of the National Library of Australia, St Patrick's College Strathfield, and Balmain Sinfonia, among others- having Graduated from St Scholastica's College, Glebe and the New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts under Auseklis Ozols New Orleans, Louisiana, and portraiture with Yve Close in Sydney Australia. With a passion for gifting others a moment of their reflection, Desjardins uses her skill to bring harmony into the lives of her audience.
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