Monica Yother

A Gift

. Recenty I was commissioned to paint a very special painting for a gentleman’s wife as a birthday gift. She is the director of a high school color guard, and clearly loves doing this. I asked the husband to share a little about her favorite performance and he sent some photos and a video of…

A Study in lines

This was a joy to paint. I was looking through some images of dancers-I don’t remember exactly what I was looking for, but when I came across one of a female dancer arched back, I stopped. I was captivated by just this one section…I loved the lines created by her back and the fabric in…

Three Paintings Dealing with Grief

This is the a trio of paintings I started and finished not long after my mom passed away. For the last few months before this I couldn’t paint – not just because of time, but I was feeling carved out inside. And honestly, the last thing I wanted to do was examine my feelings…

Domino

This is Domino, she is our horse’s pasture buddy. She is very sweet! Her features are on the small and feminine side, and she has thick, long lashes. She belongs to Alison and is used for lessons for little riders. I watched one of the young riders put her halter on the other day; it…

Autumn Equine

This makes me think of Autumn with it’s lingering warm air some days and cooler breezes in the evenings. I used a burlap strip to help create the textured ground. I have this in the studio now.

Day and Night

I called these Day and Night after I painted them. They are small and chunky, which sometimes I just love. No big story here, but they gave me great satisfaction when I was finished. I have them hanging in the studio, though they looked pretty cool when I had them sitting on my desk.

The Library

When I was young, the world I loved most was filled with books, art and horses. Words on pages could carry me away within minutes. They still can. Walking into a library or an old book store is like entering a train station or airport…I just need to decide where I want to go. Sometimes, however, the…

Large Mouth Spotted Bass

This was painted for a very nice gentleman who is a professional fisher. He asked me to do a Large Mouth Spotted Bass (that is what he fishes) so that he could have it on his wall and also on his website and business cards (which I also designed for him). I was surprised by…

Birds of a Feather

I loved, loved, loved spending time with these birds. This is colored pencil on watercolor paper and at the last minute I added the “Faith, Hope & Love” (truly “Birds of a Feather”) scrap of paper to it…just seemed to fit. I had this framed in my studio for a few weeks and one day…

Painting Time with a Guitar

I was commissioned by a friend to do this for her husband as a gift. He is a guitar player, so I asked her what kind of music he loves best. She gave me the name of some of his favorite artists, so that’s what I listened to while I worked on this. It’s a…