Yvonne's academic background includes an Associates of Arts degree from Lubbock Christian and was an Art major at Texas Tech with an emphasis on painting. She has had advanced studies in printmaking at the Glassell School of Art, in Houston, TX. Advanced oil painting studies from Bill Komodore in Dallas, TX. Advanced watercolor studies with Pat Kochan in Dallas, TX. and "any art related involvement I could find in the various places we lived". Yvonne has taught printmaking workshops in Houston, Mexico, and Saudi Arabia. She also taught drawing at the university of Houston and has taught acrylic painting at her Houston studio. She recently moved to Lubbock from the Dallas area and focuses on watercolor, collage and monoprinting. Yvonne recently complete a year's study in experimental acrylic techniques. She has been in over 40 juried and one-woman shows. Yvonne is very happy to "resettle" to Lubbock after traveling and living in various parts of the world, but most loved Houston and Dallas. She is treasurer for the West Texas Watercolor Society, and member of Southwestern Water Society, and the Visual Arts Society of Texas. Yvonne views Lubbock as having an interesting and thriving art community that she enjoys being a part of. "I feel so at home in West Texas, I truly missed the BIG SKY of my childhood. the openness of the plains is reflected in the warm and open attitude of the people of the caprock."

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