Blue Rain Artsy Gifts
About the artist
Yrma grew up in Arnhem, the Netherlands. She has lived in Castle Valley, Utah from 2003 untill 2022 and then went back to the Netherlands. She’s been drawing and painting since she could hold a pencil. Her father, a good draftsman and photographer, was her inspiration. Besides starting her out with coloring books and drawing, he handed her his old camera when she was 6 years old and once in high school, he taught her the work in the darkroom.
She studied at ArtEZ University of the Arts in Arnhem and the Utrecht Graphic Design Institute, in the Netherlands. Out of curiosity and with the idea that it would be fun to create her own jewelry she followed silversmith classes. Painting remained her main passion. The fact that she’s a graduated graphic designer came in handy in slower times for the arts.
Through the years she has worked in different styles of painting and illustrating and has given drawing and painting classes to children.
Artists that inspire her are the Dutch artists Rembrandt, Vermeer, Jan Toorop, van Gogh and Carl Willink and the Spanish artists Picasso, Dali and architect Antoni Gaudi and the Frenchman Monet.
Her favorite art and design styles are Art Deco, Jugendstil, Impressionism, Cubism, Surrealism and Steampunk.
All this resulted in developing her colorful style. She works with oils and acrylic paints.
Her paintings vary from almost realistic portrayals (sometimes surreal or steampunk) to abstract compositions in warm and/or bright colors.
Her first exhibit in the Netherlands was in 1986 and there were many more after that. In the US she has been showing her work in several galleries in Moab and done art shows in Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and California.