Yvonne started her love affair with Asia at a young age, when she left her hometown of Copenhagen after finishing college in Denmark, to study Chinese language & calligraphy in Beijing China in 1986. She went on to continue her studies in Taiwan, where she met her French husband & subsequently settled with him in Hong Kong in 1989.
In 2003 she moved to Queenstown, New Zealand, where she works out of her studio in Arrowtown.
Her large gestural works effortlessly combine the aesthetics of the traditional calligraphy of the east, with the abstract expressionism of the west. Her studies in Oriental calligraphy has allowed her a deep understanding of the fundaments of Asiatic traditions & Buddhist spiritualism.
By abstracting herself from the traditional strokes of calligraphy, but utilizing the aesthetics of their structure, she has transposed a whole new language. Her works are defined by creating a potent arena of raw emotion, action & spirituality. Broad vigorous brush strokes, dripping, smearing & splattering - resulting in a very powerful & exciting new dimension & language - uniquely her own.