YVETTE SHADROCK

Yvette Shadrock's art explores the creative process as a sacred experience whose source is found in the complexities of the natural world.  She has felt keenly attuned with what she would call elemental spirits and energies present in all aspects of nature since early childhood.  It is this ethereal, mysterious, and magical quality that colors her artistic vision, whether working in the large-scale oil paintings for which she is most well known, or in the altar-like assemblage sculptures that are similar to archeological artifacts, or the intricately cut and framed paintings of woodland flora and fauna that she has been exploring more recently.  With intense and exacting attention to detail, her typical artwork is rendered with a naturalist's observational skill and an alchemist's soul.

Born in 1975, Shadrock still lives on her family's farm and cattle ranch just outside San Antonio, TX.  Growing up close to nature would instill in her a passion for the outdoors and beauty of the natural world that would be her lifelong muse.  The serene and healing qualities of nature that are portrayed in her oil paintings make them a natural choice for the healthcare industry and has led her to work closely with dozens of hospitals and health centers around the United States.  After earning her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Texas at San Antonio in 2004, she also worked extensively in the art conservation and restoration fields, revitalizing many historical buildings and churches across the country.  In recent years she has been focusing more on her own work, in many ways going back and revisiting themes and subjects that have been dear to her since childhood, themes she finds more authentic to her artistic vision and bringing the two disciplines of painting and three-dimensional work to a closer alignment.