A Lady's Touch Painting

William Michael Yenkevich paints in the Traditional Realist Style using the academic approach of the Old Masters of the 15th thru 19th centuries. He is one of those rare talented individuals who is entirely self-taught. Like a singer born with perfect pitch, he is gifted with an innate understanding of form, color, design, perspective and proportion. His ability to then translate his perceptions, utilizing the visual language of classical painting, is flawless. Light is his muse and the Old Masters no doubt his inspiration. With his meticulously crafted form with highlights and shadows, he illuminates each painting with his use of optical grays and subtle glazes. There is a certain intimacy and pastoral ease in Yenkevich's paintings. For in his world he promotes order, clarity, pureness, perfection, and passion.