Alec Yates

This painting is in private collection.

Mixed media 18X24 on paper.

Child at play 30X30 (framed) oil on canvas.

The American Spirit 22X28 oil on canvas.

I usually work at home, this image called: Barnes & Nobles 18X24 pencil on paper, was done on location at Barnes & Nobles, sketching outdoors while attending (SVA) School of Visual Arts, Barnes & Nobles on Union Square, Manhattan, New York.

This also on location, at Grand Central Station, Manhattan, New York, 18X24 pencil on paper.

Hello,

Grew up in New York,Manhattan's Lower East Side!
Started drawing at age 5,attended art classes after school (grammer school)
while in junior high school attended art classes,saturday mornings at Sachs Fifth Avenue Store,Manhattan,NY.

After High School I went to Albert Pels School of Design,studied Illustration and Paste-Up Mechanicals. stayed for a year and decided to attend Pratt Phoenix School of Design (affiliated with Pratt Institute in Brooklyn,NY)
Graduated with an associates Degree in Illustration and Paste-Up Mechanicals.

Had my first exhibition in Washington,DC and a few in Soho area of Manhattan,NY and also an exhibit at Jacob Javits Center,Manhattan,NY.
I've sold my work online and off and have a couple of paintings in private collection. I've donated a couple of paintings to MoCada,The Museum of Contemporary African Diasporian Arts in Brooklyn,NY.

I see my work,from a bio in one my exhibitions: "Like capturing a moment in time"

Artist
Alec C. Yates