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| Finding most of her inspiration for her landscapes within a ten-mile radius of her Oregon farm which overlooks a panoramic valley, Romona Youngquist is primarily self taught but has studied with Michael Gibbons and Michael Workman. Most of her landscapes are without human figures but suggest, often with buildings in the distance, that someone lives not too far away.
Artist statement: "I have this need to duplicate what I see on canvas, but in my own way. That's all it is" ("Southwest Art," 9/2000).
She was born in Yuba City, California and grew up in eastern Oklahoma, where the ever-unpredictable and often tumultuous weather of Tornado Alley influenced her tonalist, moody tone she often applies to her landscapes. She also lived in Alaska before settling in Oregon.
Her preferred medium is oil, but she uses watercolors and acrylics.
Source: Art Talk, April 2002.
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Romona Youngquist was born January 11, 1960 in Yuba City, California, but grew up in Eastern Oklahoma. Youngquist essentially started out in life as a child of nature, spending her time exploring the woods with her dog and collecting critters. While exploring, she also studied the design and color of nature. She recalls many times standing in a field just staring in fascination at the values of the deciduous trees against a dark Oklahoma sky before a storm, then rushing home to draw what she had seen.Technically self-taught, she thinks of nature as her real teacher. In 1994 she was awarded a grant from the Alaska State Council for the Arts to study with Oregon landscape painter Michael Gibbons. In the late 1990's she studied with Michael Workman, a leading Landscape painter from Utah. She has taken their valuable lessons and strengthened her own individual style. Romona also admires the work of Russell Chatham, Emil Carlson and Wolfe Kahn, especially for their commitment to the beauty of simplicity and atmosphere. Her admiration of these painters has translated to numerous exhibitions and honors, awards and merits throughout the United States.She was featured in the September 2000 issue of Southwest Art Magazine as an Artist to Watch. She likes to portray minimalistic landscapes with just a hint of someone's presence, such as a quiet country home, a pasture with a wooden barn in the distance or a lone fish cannery lost in the fog. Her lifestyle hasn't changed much since early childhood. She lives on a little farm with her family in the middle of Oregon wine country. She still hangs out in the woods with the dogs and her own kids and animals. When she isn't painting outside, she paints in her studio, in order to keep an eye on her kids and pets, while listening to her favorite Bach, Handel and Mozart.
Source: Kent Whipple, Art Professional |
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