Frederick Yost
Albuquerque, NM
Volcano Gold
Dry wall compound, encaustic, gold leaf
27” x 21” x 2”
2023
$1800
About
F. G. Yost was born and brought up in Connecticut and educated at the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn and Iowa State University in Ames, IA. He was employed by Sandia National Laboratories for 28 years and retired in October of 1999. He spends a significant amount of time painting and experimenting with various materials for sources of artistic inspiration and is an active member of the New Mexico Art League and the Rio Grande Art Association. For the past 50 years he has exhibited and sold art in galleries, fairs, and competitions and his work has appeared in art magazines and two published books. His work is collected nationally and has won numerous awards.
Artist Statement
When focused on my work I am an experimentalist. I have no particularly favorite image themes or media but allow image and medium to evolve interactively. My work seldom contains a political statement of any kind but does involve emotion and I benefit therapeutically from the sense of surprise and discovery when a piece is finally complete. The work of an artist, especially, must be creative not repetitive. Creativity, the most intangible of human qualities, is suppressed by our living within artificial constraints and with a developed fear of disappointment and failure. My approach to creativity block is to begin, just begin! I do not fear failure for I know that it is only temporary.
