Le Virage

Le Virage © Monica Yother

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…

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Large Mouth Spotted Bass

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…

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Chardonnay

A couple of years ago, Huntsville Museum of Art invited me to participate in their annual fundraiser, a wine tasting event. I was asked to create some art during the reception portion of the dinner, and decided (for the sake of time and mess) to paint this digitally. I wanted to capture the idea of…

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Bold Dancer

Created for the 2012-2013 Season of Huntsville Ballet, I called this Bold Dancer. After standing still for a few years, I wanted her to move. The challenge with a ballet season art piece is that the format is very tall and narrow so that it fits on the many marketing pieces it’s used for.

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Huntsville Ballet Woman

The ballet woman was created for Huntsville Ballet in 2009. She was a dramatic break from any image that the organization had ever used, and was greeted with great enthusiasm by the ballet director, Philip Otto.

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