Yvonne Moore has had numerous successful solo and group exhibitions and has exhibited at both the Royal Hibernian Academy and the Royal Ulster Academy. Her paintings are beautifully made using only palette knives, with paint built up thickly in subtle colour tones.
In 1988, Yvonne was awarded a scholarship to train at Boston University's School of Fine Arts. Initially her training followed a classical approach, with extensive life drawing and still life studies in various mediums but ultimately she was encouraged to develop and explore her individual style, through painting, her preferred medium.
After returning to Ireland, Yvonne completed a degree course in Design at the College of Marketing and Design, Mountjoy Square, Dublin. The course emphasis was on all aspects relating to interior design including technical drawing, ergonomics, texture, light, space and colour. She worked full time as an Interior Designer for 5 years, while also attending various courses in the Dun Laoghaire School of Art and Design, including an Intensive Creative Art workshop.
In the summer of 2002 Yvonne made the decision to pursue a full time career as an artist. She exhibited at the People's Art Exhibition, St Stephens Green, Dublin, in September 2002, where she first met John de Vere White, of de Veres Art Auctions, Dublin, Ireland.
Since this first meeting, Yvonne has regularly sold paintings in de Veres auctions and has also had both a solo exhibition and a group show in the Gallery at de Veres.
"Over the last ten years, I have watched Yvonne develop as a painter. When I first came across her work I was immediately struck by her originality and confident painting technique. Her paintings are beautifully made with paint built up thickly using the palette knife. They are never over worked and she has the rare ability, for a painter so young, to know when a work is "finished". Simple as this sounds the overworking of paintings is a trap into which the young and not-so-young fall. Over the years our Gallery as well as other established outlets have shown Yvonne's work to much acclaim. She has developed into a highly competent technician who sets about her work with an assured hand. Her reputation is now secure and her work continues to win acclaim among collectors both new and old". John de Vere White