Statement
Elizabeth Yates - Fiber Artist
Elizabeth Yates is a wool fiber artist based in McDonough, NY. Her needle-felting practice is inspired by nature and its endless variations of color and texture. She is drawn to the beautiful colors achieved through layering, blending, and subtle shifts in hue. Through this process, she explores how color and texture can evoke a feeling, capture a fleeting impression, or express the quiet beauty of the natural world.
Since receiving a BFA in Sculpture in 1998, she has continued to develop her artistic practice through exploration of a wide range of mediums. Intrigued with non-traditional forms of artistic expresssion, her experimentation with felting has turned into a passion. She approaches each piece as an intuitive process of building and discovering, allowing layers of wool and color to unfold into work that reflects both the complexity of nature and the emotions it inspires. Her work has been featured in over 300 solo and group exhibitions along the east coast.
