Yvonne Coomber

I trained in Sussex, England and have been working as a full-time professional painter since 2002. My contemporary paintings are held in private and public collections worldwide. The paintings are created using a multitude of layers and are deeply connected to nature. I work exclusively with oil paints and I believe my work communicates all that is good in the world.


My rainbow drenched paintings sing of wild tumbling hedgerows, tangled meadowlands, open moorlands and magical forests. They whisper of love. My intention is to transport the viewer to an effervescent place of happiness that is literally saturated in joy. A place where paint smiles.

The materials I use are extremely important. A mixture of oils, inks, glosses, glazes, fine glitter and gold leaf are applied in a multitude of layers. Washes are built up to form a work that is infused with colour. Paintbrushes, sponges, rags, palette knives and fingers are all used to create the finished piece. The result is a kaleidoscopic jewel like composition of rich pigments that prismatically opens up to reveal the radiance and beauty of nature.

I always works outside, so lacy ice and howling gales have as much influence on the final painting as scorching sunshine and g...

BA Hons Literature and Philosophy 1988-1991 Brighton University, Brighton, East Sussex

Fine Art Painting, 1997-2000 Eastbourne College of Art, Eastbourne, Sussex

Selected Exhibitions

2022-2025 International art fairs New York, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Singapore

2022-2025 Open Studio, Brighton & Devon

2016-2025 Signet Contemporary, Kings Road, Chelsea.

2021 ‘We Belong Together’ Art5 Gallery, Brighton (solo show)

2020 Artist in Residence, Lost Gardens of Heligan, Cornwall

2019 Dubai Art Fair

2019 Miami Art Fair

2018 Country File Show, Oxfordshire

2017 Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, Hampstead, Bristol, New York, Singapore & Hong Kong

2016 ‘I Spread my Dreams under Your Feet’ Gaslamp Gallery, Gorey, Ireland (solo show)

2016 ‘You Make Loving Fun’ Bedruthan Hotel, Cornwall (solo show)

2016 Country Living, Business Design Centre, Islington, London

2015 ‘The Sea Sings’, D’Art Gallery, Dartmouth (solo show)

2015 Macgregor Fine Art, Glasgow

2015 Store Street Gallery, Bloomsbury London

2015 Edinburgh Art Fair

2015 Beautiful You’, Imagianation Gallery, Bath (solo show)

2015 Store Street Gallery, Bloomsbury London

2014 ‘Ocean Love Songs’, Art5 Gallery, Brighton (solo show)

2013 Russell Gallery, London

2012 Edgar Modern, Bath

2012 Galerie Archange, Paris

2011 ‘Magic Happens’, Lyndhurst Gallery, New Forest (solo show)

2011 McAllister Thomas Fine Art, Godalming

2010 ‘My Hea...