Technicolour Nude 2
Beethoven's Third
Ysmay’s first experience in the art world was an exhibit at Alfred University when she was three years old entitled “Snow Fences” where she used her fingers to experience colour. Clearly, Alfred University will show work by anyone, but nonetheless she was complimented on her use of negative space and her family knew it was only a matter of time before it was taken seriously.
After experimenting with a variety of media, Ysmay finally returned to fingers and paint at the beginning of 2011. Following the death of a loved one, she realized that life is entirely too short to exist with pretence, and her work since then has been stripped down to the bare essentials: paint and her body.
Her work has been transformed into vibrant, real, provocative, and gritty expressions of life as a creative woman.
She participates in unique exhibits across the country including erotic art exhibits, fund-raisers, and surrealism exhibits. Her fiber work is represented by the Artist's Knot gallery in Andover, NY. Her work is also featured in the corporate collection of the Terra Cotta in her hometown of Alfred, New York, and in the corporate collection of the first dedicated cancer research and treatment center in the United States: Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, NY.
Ysmay has made her home in gloomy and rural New York, sunny and crowded California, but her heart will always belong to enchanting and vibrant New Mexico.
