Yola Quinn

Bio

Award winning artist Yola Quinn creates paintings that capture a glimpse of the intangible and the imperceptible.

Utilizing traditional old master’s techniques of glazing in oils, by applying layers of fine washes of paint, Yola combines realism with abstraction to create ethereal and evocative dream like images. Inspiration is continually drawn from life experience and the beauty of the natural world.

Yola was born in Kwa Zulu Natal, South Africa and grew up in an artistic family. Her childhood was spent mostly out in nature which established a deep reverence for the wilderness and this continues to inform her life and work to present day.

After completing a Fine Art Diploma at the Natal Technikon and achieving distinctions in painting and ceramics, Yola went on to live and paint professionally in the Natal Midlands, the UK and Cape Town.

Yola has exhibited both locally and internationally, including solo exhibitions in the UK and Cape Town.