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 sunshin...

Solo exhibitions
2019
Signet Contemporary Gallery / London - London, United Kingdom
Art5 Gallery / Brighton - Sussex, United Kingdom
2018
Signet Contemporary Gallery / London - London, United Kingdom
Art5 Gallery / Brighton - Sussex, United Kingdom
2017
Art5 Gallery / Brighton - Sussex, United Kingdom
2017
AAF London / LONDON - London, United Kingdom
2016
Gaslamp Gallery / Ireland - Gorey, Ireland
2015
Art5 Gallery / Brighton - Sussex, United Kingdom
2015
D’Art Gallery / Dartmouth - Dartmouth, United Kingdom
2015
Imagaination Gallery / Bath - Bath, United Kingdom
2014
Art5 Gallery / Brighton - Sussex, United Kingdom
2012
2012 Galerie Archange, Paris / Paris - Paris, France
2012
Lyndhurst Gallery / New Forest - Lyndhurst, United Kingdom
2011
Paragon Gallery / Exeter - Devon, United Kingdom
2009
The Brownston Gallery / Modbury - Devon, United Kingdom
2009
Paragon Gallery / Exeter - Devon, United Kingdom
2007
2007 Over the Moon Gallery, St Agnes (solo) / St Agnes - Cornwall, United Kingdom
2001
Hanover Centre, Arts Festival / Brighton - Sussex, United Kingdom