Yolanda V. Fundora – Images of Music and Flowers

Images of Music and Flowers
by Yolanda V. Fundora

Yolanda V. Fundora is a Cuban-American artist born in Havana and raised in New York City. Her artwork is part of many private and corporate collections including the permanent collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art of Puerto Rico in San Juan. She has designed many series of digital images for books, textiles and other media. For AQ16, Fundora shares two images from her series, A Garden Alphabetized, and two from her book, Toward a Digital Aesthetic which accompany Meryl Stratford’s “Florida’s Oldest Tree” and Alida Woods “The Clearing” poems on their pages in this issue.

 

Yolanda V. Fundora, N, Violin and Mum, digital image, 2015

Yolanda V. Fundora, N, Violin and Mum, digital image, 2015

 

Yolanda V. Fundora, Y, Magnolia and Paisley, digital image, 2015

Yolanda V. Fundora, Y, Magnolia and Paisley, digital image, 2015

Yolanda V. Fundora – Digital Images of War and Peace

Yolanda V. Fundora finds her inspiration off the sidewalks and in the interior spaces of her digital world. She writes: “I’m mostly a visual being with an intense jealousy of the written word. I do what I can to share my physical and internal world through all things digital and occasionally with a pencil or two.”

 

Yolanda V. Fundora, T-Shirt Contest Winnner, digital art, 2015.

Yolanda V. Fundora, T-Shirt Contest Winnner, digital art, 2015.

 

Yolanda V. Fundora, The House Martin Built, digital art, 2015.

Yolanda V. Fundora, The House Martin Built, digital art, 2015.

Yolanda V. Fundora – Bogart on Ocean Drive

Yolanda V. Fundora,  Bogart on Ocean Drive, digital art, 2015

Yolanda V. Fundora, Bogart on Ocean Drive, digital art, 2015

Yolanda V. Fundora – The Lowlands and People at Work

The Lowlands and People at Work
by Yolanda V. Fundora

 

Beer and Soda Man, Brugge © 2014 by Yolanda V. Fundora. All rights reserved.

Beer and Soda Man, Bruges, Belgium © 2014 by Yolanda V. Fundora.  All rights reserved.

 

Dutch Street © 2014 by Yolanda V. Fundora. All rights reserved.

Uitgezonderd, Bruges, Belgium © 2014 by Yolanda V. Fundora. All rights reserved.

 

Fruit Vendor, Pike’s Market, Seattle Washington © 2012 by Yolanda V. Fundora. All rights reserved.

Fruit Vendor, Pike Place Market, Seattle, Washington © 2012 by Yolanda V. Fundora. All rights reserved.

 

Flower Vendor, Quadrilatero, Bologna, Italy  © 2012  by Yolanda V. Fundora. All rights reserved.

Flower Vendor, Quadrilatero, Bologna, Italy © 2012 by Yolanda V. Fundora. All rights reserved.

Yolanda V. Fundora – Digital Images of Amsterdam & Ohio

Digital Images of Amsterdam & Ohio
by Yolanda V. Fundora

Yolanda Fundora has been making art in the digital realm since acquiring her first Mac 512K computer in 1985. Since then she has been in the habit of examining and commenting upon her internal and external worlds through a complex blend of digital technologies. Although well-versed in traditional painting and printmaking techniques, Yolanda believes that, for her, digital imaging responds best to the needs of contemporary art making and the demands of the modern lifestyle.

She has continual access to her audience through her Journeys Gallery@MONDO at www.mondosummit.com. That connection from viewer to imager and back again is vital to her production. Her artwork is also part of many private and corporate collections including the permanent collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art of Puerto Rico in San Juan where she had her second, one-woman show entitled “Toward a Digital Aesthetic: the Art of Yolanda Fundora.” In addition to her fine art, Fundora also designs textiles and illustrates children’s books. Her website is www.urban-amish.com.

Much of her inspiration and source material comes from her travels during which she is shaken from the taken-for-granted and forced to evaluate everything around her in a new light. Her recent visit to Amsterdam and a Midwest USA road trip are the inspiration for the images presented in Amsterdam Quarterly’s Summer 2014 issue.

Amsterdam Canals #1 by Yolanda V. Fundora, Digital Image (2013)

Amsterdam Canals #1 by Yolanda V. Fundora, Digital Image (2013)

Amsterdam Canals #2 by Yolanda V. Fundora,  Digital Image (2013)

Amsterdam Canals #2 by Yolanda V. Fundora, Digital Image (2013)

Rooftops of Amsterdam by Yolanda V. Fundora, Digital Image (2013)

Rooftops of Amsterdam by Yolanda V. Fundora, Digital Image (2013)

Cleveland Park Gate by Yolanda V. Fundora, Digital Image (2013)

Cleveland Park Gate by Yolanda V. Fundora, Digital Image (2013)

Waterfall Pilgrimage at Ohiopyle by Yolanda V. Fundora, Digital Image (2013)

Waterfall Pilgrimage at Ohiopyle by Yolanda V. Fundora, Digital Image (2013)