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Artist and illustrator Yellena James creates colorful abstract paintings of places unknown but that feels oddly familiar. Her meticulously detailed forms resemble fields of flowers and underwater scenes, yet they refrain from being grounded. Instead, each work is an infinite abyss of vibrant hues and texture that exists in an in-between space.
This idea, that we’re neither here nor there, is at the crux of Yellena’s latest works. “I attempt to create an ethereal place which is hypnotically familiar and yet hauntingly exotic, adding tiny little details in a sort of compulsive meditation, until a perfect balance is created,” she writes. “The intricacy and high detail, along with hints of existing organic shapes lend to the intimacy and believability of each new world.”
Yellena sells her work through her Etsy shop. If you’d like to learn to draw from her, check out her book: Star, Branch, Spiral, Fan: Learn to Draw from Nature’s Perfect Design Structures. It’s now available on Amazon. And don’t forget to follow her on Instagram!
Artist Yellena James creates colorful abstract paintings of imaginary landscapes. Go on a new journey every time you look at one of them.
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