Monica Yother

Miss Firecracker

Miss Firecracker was a joy to paint. She is all puppy; all energy and intensity and movement. I had painted her “big brother” dog a few months earlier, and the owner wanted this painting to hang next to Duke. I am sad to say that I did not take a final photo of Duke, but…

The Lion Painting

The Lion painting is 24 x 36 and has been a slow process. When I first started helping a local organization called NALZS (North Alabama Zoological Society) I was struck by how much I want to paint animals. All kinds of animals. And birds. So immediately I began this painting. As with many things, when…

New Series

I am painting a series of loose, expressive horse heads. These are on canvas panels, with most black backgrounds and the style of my dance art. I have a wooden display thing with several bins in my studio and right now it is filled with canvases that have at least 2 layers of paint on…

Portrait of 3 Horses

This painting was a joy to do, but a bit of a challenge in setting up. The horses are siblings; going from left to right, Dulci, Danny and Parry, and though they are at the same barn, the three of them are never together for one photo. So I used many photos as references for…

Hope

Hope is always looking toward the light, even when it seems the world is dark. Hope has wings. Deep in the background of this painting are two scraps of psalms that I took from a Book of Praise hymnal from the 1940s; you can barely see the music notes on the top right and bottom…

Splendid Fairywren

Don’t you love that name? And he(or she) is indeed splendid! I saw a photo of this bird and instatnly fell in love with it. He (or she) is singing like they mean it. Or maybe yelling at an intruder. I don’t know, it doesn’t matter; the point is this bird is focused on getting…

Redeemed

This painting is a bit larger, 18×22, I think. I found a photograph of two horses in this type of pose and something about it was vey compelling to me. I have been wanting to paint from that inspiration for months. I called this “Redeemed.” I listened to my JJ playlist (Jesus Jams. For real,…

Blue Serenade

This is a small wood panel, 12×12, I think. It was a quiet Saturday afternoon when I finished it, and slightly overcast so the studio was just a bit cool. I started with a thick layer of gesso, then a layer of the darkest blue, Prussian blue, which seems to find it’s way into most…

Le Virage

I gave this a french title because I liked how it sounded. It means “turn” or “the turn.” That’s literally what this painting is; inspired by a color photo from this amazing book I have. I was captivated by this central part of the pose, and had already decided it would be in black and…

Pointe Shoes study

This is a quiet piece…no color, just the texture and details of pointe shoes. I enjoyed being able to slow down and really study this pose..a study using my eyes and hands. It is 16×20 acrylic on canvas. SOLD