Waterways – Robert Yonke Art

Back on the River – Finished Work

Working Boat Art It’s always a pleasure when my artistic interests align with a client’s needs, and my recent commission for an Ohio River marine contractor has been just that. A couple of months ago I posted about starting a working boat commission. As is often the case with my commission work, the initial sparkContinue reading “Back on the River – Finished Work”

Pittsburgh View

Pittsburgh View – An Extension of Waterways and Working Boats This piece, Pittsburgh View, may seem like a departure from my typical subject matter. I spent most of my life living in Pittsburgh, PA. While the region directly influenced my Working Boat and Waterways series, I haven’t created much art of the city itself. ThisContinue reading “Pittsburgh View”

Swallow Falls

I recently had an inquiry about work inspired by Swallow Falls State Park. All of the paintings that I created around this subject matter have sold, so I thought it was time to create a few new ones. Here is the first of two, Runoff.

Endless Source at the Casselman River

If you follow my work, you may notice that one place that shows up often in my work is the Casselman River Bridge. The river is a tributary of the Youghiogheny River. There is a lot of history surrounding the river and bridge. The historic bridge was built in the early 1800s as part ofContinue reading “Endless Source at the Casselman River”

Blackwater River

Blackwater River sized at 16″x40″, is the first piece completed in a series of larger pieces that I’ve been working on over the summer.