Yvonne was born a native New Yorker, but her soul was raised in the hills of provincial Italy and along the dark alleyways of cosmopolitan France. Her heart was reared on the works of the masters she counts among her highest influences: Michelangelo, Monet, Manet, Renoir, Fantin-LaTour - the unparalleled pantheon of Renaissance visionaries and the Impressionistic painters that followed. She is drawn in particular to the architecture of those time-ripened regions, and the hues with which age has colored these dwellings that once belonged to European gentry and nobility. And yet, the quiet cottages of a pastoral countryside demonstrate a similarly palpable pull.

Yvonne's work has garnered a following that, to no surprise, now reaches back across the Atlantic towards those same seasoned parts of the world that have always served to inspire her. She teaches and sells art privately, both on commission and over the Internet. Today she lives in Port Jefferson, NY, known for among other things, its enclave of eclectic artists. Among her most insistent of muses, she credits her Aunt Noemi - who provided the encouragement to turn budding dreams into an ever-blossoming reality.
By Samuel Custodio

"Despite all of the inspiration God's beautiful creation has provided, there is none greater than His scacrifice of laying down the life His only begotten Son for me, that I may be able to receive salvation. I create out of a heart that overflows with gratitude and love for my Savior." - Yvonne Pineiro