Yvonne
de Mille, Painter,
Print-Maker & Kite Maker:
Print-Maker & Kite Maker:
Yvonne
de Mille was born in the UK and has made New Zealand her home since
1974. Over
the last twenty eight years, she has been working in various creative
fields; creating fabric & other sculpture, painting, printmaking
and running various workshops
for adults & children.
for adults & children.
Yvonne
has a passion for fabrics and textures, using brightly coloured sail
fabrics & hand-dyed silk to make banners, pennants and highly
original kites. Some of these have been more than 3 x 25 metres in
size. Recognised internationally for her skills, Yvonne has received
sponsored invitations to display her flying art at Kite Festivals
around the world. This has included places such as Malaysia, Japan,
Dubai, South Africa, Australia, UK, Germany and New Zealand.
She
has organised many successful kite days & festivals, working with
schools, corporations, health institutions, community and art groups,
making kites & running art workshops. Yvonne
was a founding member of “Arts Alive! Minds Alive!”, a group that
recognises the benefits of art and creativity as a therapeutic tool,
especially
in the area of mental health.
in the area of mental health.
As
a print-maker, Yvonne prefers the collagraph, photopolymer and
drypoint techniques. As a painter, Yvonne uses mostly acrylics,
watercolours and various texture mediums. She is influenced by nature
and the cultural motifs of New Zealand & the Pacific. The
Virtues Project is a more recent influence in her work.
Yvonne
has trained in art therapy and Interactive Drawing Therapy, as a
Personal Development Coach and as a facilitator for the Virtues
Project. She has also studied towards the Bachelor of Applied Arts at
Whitireia Polytechnic (in Wellington, NZ). She
is also a provider to The Sweet Louise Foundation, doing art
workshops with people who have secondary breast cancer.
All artwork on this page (c)copyright Yvonne de Mille, 2013.
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