Twelve Irish habitats represented as a homage to artists who have 

inspired Yanny though out her life.

 

In creating this body of work Yanny immersed herself in the forms and colours which draw her eye to the many wild habitats of the Irish landscape. Her raison d'être is drawing our attention to the wonders and treasures around us.

 

While this body of work is primarily about wild habitats, Yanny explores a common thread in her work over the last forty years with the inspiration she has drawn from the artists and creators she has admired since childhood. 

 

Intrigued by the innate visual and emotional common ground between the elements of design and practice of these artists and the forms, colours and 'design' present in nature, Yanny has immersed herself in each artwork, discovering there a deeply familiar and fascinating link.

 

While researching each habitat from seashore to mountain bog, and musing over how the particular elements are reflected in the work of each old master, Yanny found that the plants' particular nature is reflected in the individual styles of masters such as Albrecht Dürer, Harry Clarke, Gustav Klimt, William Morris and the Moghul artists of ancient India. It is as if there is a natural association between Yanny’s perception of each habitat and the artist to whom she pays homage.

 

The exhibition included twelve carefully considered artworks of habitats reflecting  Yanny's own unique practice. All the pieces are reverse painted on glass in a technique known as Verre Eglomisé which Yanny has developed since she was introduced to it in the 1980s while training as a signwriter. 

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Her intention, as ever, is to make visible that which we are inclined to dismiss - by 

rendering it precious.  Urbanisation has made us become more removed from our natural heritage, so Yanny endeavours to open our eyes to the wonders around us so we may become enthused to protect our environment in this time of climate change.

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