Cinema Stars from Yvonne J Foster's 'Ice Cream Artworks' series Ice Cream Artworks Contact to purchase Limited Edition Prints Cinema Stars Inspired by the illustrative style of the early 20th Century, 1930s and the golden age of cinema, the Ice Cream Artworks use a mix of greyscale and vivid colour. Based on snapshots of the past, they portray moments of childlike pleasure. The Ice Cream Artworks series starts with ‘Cinema Stars’, bright coloured images based on real snapshots of celebrities from the 1930s and 1940s eating ice cream. Bette on Green Choc Ices with Paul Mint Choc Chip with Ginger Ices with Ingrid Ice Cream Sundae With Norma Jean Cones with Carole Hollywood Ices with William Bette on Grey Limited Edition Prints: 30cm x 30cm - £100 unframed, limited edition of 10. 60cm x 60cm - £250 unframed, limited edition of 10. Special Limited Edition of 'Bette on Grey' 110cm x 110cm - £650 unframed, limited edition of 5.

Barely There from Yvonne J Foster's 'Ice Cream Artworks' series Ice Cream Artworks Contact to purchase Limited Edition Prints Barely There The Ice Cream Artworks are inspired by the illustrative style of the early 20th Century, especially the work of artist Coles Phillips, known for his stylish images and signature use of negative space. In 1908 he launched his “Fadeaway Girl” style used in advertisements and magazine covers. In the Barely There series elements of the portrait have been removed merging the subject with the background. Barely There - Paul Barely There - Norma Jean Barely There - Twiggy Barely There - Audrey Limited Edition Prints: 30cm x 30cm - £100 unframed, limited edition of 10. 60cm x 60cm - £250 unframed, limited edition of 10. Special Limited Edition 'Barely There Twiggy' 110cm x 110cm - £650 unframed, limited edition of 5.

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Look Down The 'Look Down' series was exhibited as part of INEXTRICABLE (2) an exhibition in the 2016 Brighton Photo Fringe Festival. The theme explores 'loanwords' in the English language - everyday words firmly entrenched in our vocabulary which have been adopted from another language. "Yvonne explores the connections between words and images. The photographs alone are intentionally banal and ambiguous. By using the history and meaning of words she highlights other possible meanings within the images." look (v.) Old English locian "use the eyes for seeing, gaze, look, behold, spy," from West Germanic *lokjan down (adv.) Late Old English shortened form of Old English ofdune "downwards," from dune "from the hill," down (n.) A sense development peculiar to English. Used as a preposition since c. 1500. Sense of "depressed mentally " is attested from c. 1600. shoe (n.) Old English scoh "shoe," from Proto-Germanic *skokhaz To stand in someone's shoes "see things from his or her point of view" is attested from 1767. lace (n.) early 13c., laz , "cord made of braided or interwoven strands of silk, etc.," from Old French laz "a net, noose, string, cord, tie, ribbon, or snare" and as preserved in shoelace (late 14c.), "piece of cord used to draw together the edges of slits or openings in an article of clothing". sneaker (n.) 1590s, "one who sneaks," agent noun from sneak (v.). Meaning "rubber-soled shoe" is attested from 1895, American English; earlier sneak (1862), so called because the shoe was noiseless. The INEXTRICABLE project has been developed and curated by Jenni Lewin-Turner of urbanflo creative .

Things I've Done Exhibitions Ice Cream Artworks Miniature Artworks Finding Dad My Miniature Art Gallery The Alchemist Brain Landscapes The Pianola Roll Art as Storytelling Drawing Insight Make Your Mark Look Down Portraits Brighton Panorama Know Thyself Inside Early Work

There’s something missing.  I went to look for it and it wasn’t there.  All I found was a gap (and all the bad memories).  Where is the pile of missing memories?  Where is he? Where is Dad when I was young? Finding Dad There’s something missing. I went to look for it and it wasn’t there. Where is the pile of missing memories? Where is he? Where is Dad when I was young? Film Text Transcript: I collect memories. I store them in jars, bottles and boxes. I fold them up neatly and put them in books for safe keeping. Each memory tells a story. I do this because there’s something missing. I have a gap where memories should be. Where are the memories of Dad when I was young? I wandered around the first house we lived in looking for him. I went from room to room and couldn’t find him anywhere. Not in my room, the bathroom, the kitchen. Not downstairs, not in the front room or his office. I walked outside, down the steps into the yard and to the warehouse… That’s where I found him. With the cardboard boxes piled high, brown tape, brown paper. With the taste and smell of cardboard and dust. Finding Dad in the sounds of his voice. Smell - Biscuits and tea. Sounds - Your voice. Tea box with miniature teapot and digestive biscuits. Secret Garden box with key and flowers bottle. Bark from the Bonsai tree you made which I couldn't keep alive. Bright spring blossom that reminded me of you. Quince blossom like we had in the back garden. Our Secret Garden. This is all a very long overdue love letter to Dad celebrating in all those brilliant and best bits (that I can only just remember). Yvonne J Foster Finding Dad 'Finding Dad' was part of The Museum Of Ordinary People 's immersive exhibition 'Home ' at the Phoenix Gallery in May 2021. "HOME presents fascinating, heartbreaking and uplifting stories of ordinary people. MOOP and Mnemoscene have collaborated with members of the public to explore how their collections of everyday objects, photos and documents can be curated to represent our emotional connection with the home and showcase untold narratives that chronicle real people’s lives." Rummage through the website Harriet's House ; created alongside the exhibition to showcase the work in an alternative form. In the Living Room you can interact with the memory box I created and hear the audio collage I put together of my father's voice. Alternatively you can hear the full audio piece on Soundcloud .

Exhibitions Get in touch Story Maps 24th June - 5th July 2025 Marine Workshops, Newhaven & Newhaven Museum Figment Arts reimagines Sussex Folklore through solo works and collaborative pieces. Supported by Heritage Fund, Chalk Cliff Trust, Newhaven Historical Society and Museum, Worthing Theatres and Museums and Hastings Museum & Art Gallery. Community Base December 2023 Community Base , Queens Road, Brighton Filling each floor of the main building with artwork from my collection to brighten up the building again, post Covid. Including Ice Cream Artworks and Miniature Artworks. Ice Cream Artworks 25th July - 21st Aug 2022 Jubilee Library, Jubilee Street, Brighton Continuing Yvonne J Foster's first solo show. Premiering previously unseen artworks in the ‘Ice Cream Artworks’ series. Supported by Pride Cultural Development Fund, Pride Brighton & Hove, Culture Connex, Arts Council England and Urban Flo Creative. 3am Project Feb 2022 Online Exhibition "In the Spring of 2021, The Lost Letters Project put out a call for words and artworks responding to the ideas of sleepless nights and nocturnal offerings." 'The Pianola Roll' was one of just fifteen works discussed by the panel and was awarded as a highly commended work. "Very high quality work. Addresses the brief from an interesting angle. Dreamy." "Love the careful detail in this, so thoughtful, calm and meditative." Layers of Creativity Sept 2021 - Jan 2022 Online Exhibition Outside In Collection curated by Jo Baring. "Layers of Creativity features work by 14 artists from Outside In’s collection and showcases its ‘real breadth of materials’ from textiles and unusual materials, to abstraction and traditional figuration." Including image selected from Yvonne J Foster's publication 'Inside ' . Nexus 2020 12th Oct - 13th Nov 2020 Plus X, Brighton and Online Exhibition neXus 2020 arts exchange . Organised and curated by Urbanflo Creative . Online galleries at Photofringe and Vrystaatkunstefees . Showing new work by Yvonne J Foster; a film delving into the imagery of trauma. Using an MRI scan as a backdrop her new Brain Landscapes work. Thirteen Exhibition 4th - 26th May 2019 Barker & Stonehouse, Old Shoreham Road, Brighton "Creative Future 's latest exhibition, part of Artists Open Houses 2019 in Brighton & Hove. Featuring an eclectic mix of artwork from thirteen regional artists, displaying work that can be bought as limited edition prints." Including images selected from Yvonne J Foster's 'Ice Cream Artworks ' . Community Base 2018 - 2019 Community Base, Brighton A group exhibition organised by Creative Future . "A set of nine framed Miniature Artworks on display at Community Base in Brighton by Yvonne J Foster. Each separate miniature artwork measures 18mm x 13mm. Each framed piece comprises of a set of either four miniatures." Eleven Exhibition 9th - 26th May 2018 Brighton Dome, Brighton "Marking the launch of Creative Future ’s curated retail website the 'Eleven' exhibition at The Brighton Dome is part of this year’s Brighton Festival. The exhibition showcases artists featured in the charity’s new digital venture and displays work that can be bought as limited edition prints." Debuting Yvonne J Foster's new 'Ice Cream Artworks' series. Traumascapes & Landscapes of the Interior 16th May to 28th September 2018 Institute of Mental Health, Nottingham "City Arts have teamed up with the Institute of Mental Health for a new art exhibition looking people’s experience of trauma. The exhibition is called Traumascapes & Landscapes of the Interior . Works on display include: Allan Oliver’s Electric Dreams, which captures the loss of identity that comes after electro-shock therapy; and Yvonne J Foster’s The Filing System of Trauma which explores how memories are stored in our minds." Drawing Insight 2nd - 26th March 2017 Pallant House Gallery, Chichester Drawing Insight - A collaborative project with Outside In and Chichester University . "Yvonne and Deborah worked over a three-month period supported by artist and project facilitator Rachel Redfern. Throughout the project they have used art as a means of communication and dialogue. Gaining shared and unexpected insights into themselves and their practices, the resulting artwork is a celebration of the differences that revealed themselves." Debuting new work created by Yvonne J Foster specifically for this project. Tight Modern Tour Nov 2016 - April 2017 Jubilee Library, Brighton; St. Helens Central Library; Haydock Library, St Helens; Eccleston Library, St Helens; Redbridge Library, Ilford; Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth. "Tight Modern - the world’s smallest pop-up gallery. An 8ft x 5ft miniature replica of the iconic Tate Modern, showcasing the UK’s best under-represented artists. Touring to galleries and libraries across the UK." Organised by Creative Future Including an image selected from Yvonne J Foster's 'Ice Cream Artworks ' . Art @ Community Base 2016 - 2017 Community Base, Brighton Group exhibition organised by Creative Future . Including images selected from Yvonne J Foster's 'Ice Cream Artworks '. Prescriptions 21st April to 14th August 2016 The Drawing Room, The Beaney, Canterbury Prescriptions: Artists’ Books on Wellbeing and Medicine exhibition. A collaborative exhibition, including Yvonne J Foster's publication 'Inside' . Creative Debuts May - June 2015 Black and White Building, Hoxton, London. As part of Whitechapel Gallery First Thursdays . Creative Debuts featured artist for both May and June. "Some people can't even type on an iPad. Well, how's your iPad art? Because our artist Yvonne can do this on an iPad. Jaw dropping." "I was last night at the exhibition in London, I bought the print 'Bette Davis' love your art. I look to see more work from you." Including images selected from Yvonne J Foster's 'Ice Cream Artworks ' . Tight Modern Tour May 2014 - January 2015 Brighton Fringe Festival; ORTUS Learning & Events Centre, London; Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne; St Helen’s Cultural Hub "Tight Modern, produced by Creative Future , is a miniature replica of London’s iconic Tate Modern Gallery, showcasing 60 artists. Around 42,000 people saw the Tight Modern Tour." Video: Tight Modern The first exhibition including an image selected from Yvonne J Foster's 'Ice Cream Artworks ' . Outside In, South East July - Sept 2013 Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, Hastings "Bringing together the work and talent of a wide variety of Outside In artists from the South East region who have had little or no contact with the mainstream art world either because of mental health issues, disability, health or social circumstance." Press: Art on the Edge Including work from Yvonne J Foster's first publication 'Inside' . Eclectica Artists April - June 2013 Jubilee Library, Brighton Group exhibition with Eclectica Artists, supported by Creative Future . An exhibition and launch of Yvonne J Foster's first publication 'Inside' . Including digitally manipulated self portraits printed on vinyl 51cm x 86cm. Story Maps Pop-Up May 2024 Story Maps Pop-Up Studio and Gallery in Hanningtons, Brighton Figment Arts invites you to take part in creating large collaborative paintings based on Sussex Folklore. The Gallery includes solo works and previous collaborative pieces created with the public. Supported by Heritage Fund, Chalk Cliff Trust, Newhaven Historical Society and Museum, Worthing Theatres and Museums and Hastings Museum & Art Gallery. Bromptons Opticians January 2023 Bromptons Opticians , Gardner Street, Brighton For exceptional service, going above and beyond my expectations and being generally brilliant. I created and gifted some optician themed artwork complete with tiny silver spectacles. Ice Cream Artworks 6th - 17th July 2022 Plus X, Lewes Road, Brighton "This is Yvonne J Foster's first solo show and premiers previously unseen artworks. The ‘Ice Cream Artworks’ series are hand-drawn digital images inspired by early-20th century illustrations." Supported by Pride Cultural Development Fund, Pride Brighton & Hove, Cultural Connex, Arts Council England and Urban Flo Creative. Kindred Spirits 20th Nov 2021 - 6th Feb 2022 The Harley Gallery, Nottinghamshire "Kindred Spirits - An exhibition showing Outsider Art made by UK artists, offering a fascinating insight into the genre’s impact on the story of modern British Art." Curated by a group of Outside In artists. Including two images from Yvonne J Foster's publication 'Inside ' . Home 20th May - 6th Jun 2021 Phoenix Gallery, Brighton Finding Dad - a part of The Museum Of Ordinary People 's immersive exhibition 'Home ' "There’s something missing. I went to look for it and it wasn’t there. All I found was a gap (and all the bad memories). Where is the pile of missing memories? Where is he? Where is Dad when I was young?" New immersive and interactive work created especially by Yvonne J Foster for this exhibition. Grimy Heights Sept 2020 Website Launch The Alchemist became a character in Otillie Hainsworth's Graphic Novels Real Life Stories group in 2020. "Grimy Heights began under lockdown on Zoom. It was inspired by the idea of Warren and Gary Pleece’s graphic novel ‘Montague Terrace’ about a dilapidated ‘30s building haunted by the stories of its occupants." Previewing new graphic work from Yvonne J Foster. Talented Art Fair 1st - 3rd March 2019 The Truman Brewery, London "We look forward to welcoming you to our 3rd edition of the Talented Art Fair , there will be over 2000 original artworks & limited edition prints plus 100 Talented Artists. Talented 2019 brings a plethora of the most talented and sought after contemporary artists who are currently making serious waves in the art world today." Including images selected from Yvonne J Foster's 'Ice Cream Artworks ' . Shop Ethical 7th November 2018 - 9th January 2019 Community Base, Brighton and Online Organised by Creative Future . "This Christmas, we’re on a mission to challenge views of local art by selling ethical prints that depict 'the real' Brighton and Hove. Created by some the UK’s most engaging artists and sold from our Online Gallery Shop, the works encapsulate the stories of real artists who actually live in or have connections to the area. We’re championing limited-run prints of abstract paintings, vibrant photorealism and digital pop art exploring a range of themes." Including images selected from Yvonne J Foster's 'Ice Cream Artworks ' . Mind the Gap 1st - 13th October 2018 Michaelhouse Centre, Cambridge "In recognition of World Mental Health Day on the 10th October, CBM UK and BasicNeeds invited 15 artists with lived experience or an interest in mental health to display their work in a two-week long exhibition to raise awareness and reduce stigma around mental health in the world’s poorest communities." Featuring five digitally manipulated self portraits printed on vinyl 51cm x 86cm enlarged images from Yvonne J Foster's publication 'Inside' . Autumn Exhibition 16th - 24th September 2017 The Regency Town House, Hove 5 artists, 3 exhibitions, 1 venue Featuring artworks by Sussex artists Rachel Cohen, Yvonne J Foster, Deborah Petch, Rachel Redfern and Jim Sanders. "Drawing Insight - The aim of the Arts Council-funded Insight Partnership is to bring together artists from different creative backgrounds in order to experience each other’s ways of working, learn from each other and explore the connection between arts and health." Showing unseen work created during the project by Yvonne J Foster: 'Art as Storytelling' Fragments 13th - 18th December 2016 The Regency Town House, Hove Fragments - an exhibition of Brighton Artists: Katie Bailey, Tom Barwell, Topher and Yvonne J Foster. Supported by Creative Future . "Your work is wonderful. The pharmacy exhibition is world class. Your little pictures mighty. Well done. Best in show." Previewing new 'Pharmaceutical Boxes' work from Yvonne J Foster's Miniature Artworks and Miniature Boxes. Inextricable 10th - 21st October 2016 Churchill Square, Brighton A special pop-up exhibition created for Brighton's Photo Fringe Festival. "With a backdrop of the city's major shopping complex, the theme explores 'loanwords' in the English language that you can find on the high street - everyday words which are firmly entrenched in British Culture, but have actually been adopted from another language." Organised and curated by Urbanflo Creative Showing new photographic work by Yvonne J Foster. Debuting her series 'Look Down ' . A Journey 23rd May - 23rd Sept 2016 Institute of Mental Health, Nottingham A Journey: Loneliness, Hope & Resilience A City Arts' collaborative exhibition, including images from Yvonne J Foster's publication 'Inside ' . Sussex Craft and Design Fair July 2015 Enterprise Centre, Eastbourne "In association with Pop UP Brighton, the largest craft & design fair in Eastbourne this summer, with more than 20 of the region's most innovative and creative craft-makers & designers." Including images selected from Yvonne J Foster's 'Ice Cream Artworks ' . Postcards from the Edges Sept - Nov 2013 Bankside Gallery, Southbank, London; Baltic Mill Gallery, Gateshead; Grant Bradley Gallery, Bedminster, Bristol; Camp and Furnace, Liverpool. "Postcards from the Edges - Through artwork, poetry, photography, stories, collages or messages, United Response asked people with disabilities to express what is important to them and put it on a postcard. To hear about the full range of life experiences, good and bad." Press: The Social Issue , The Guardian and The Guardian in pictures Including work from Yvonne J Foster's first publication 'Inside' . Doodlefest May 2014 ONCA Gallery, Brighton "Happy Planet's Doodlefest an event within Brighton Fringe Festival exploring the theme of happiness via the art of doodling. Broadly examining the intrinsic link between our emotional wellbeing, the natural environment and human behaviour. With themes such as giving, gratitude, togetherness, creativity, play and friendship." Yvonne J Foster's Brighton Panorama Doodle-sketch was sold in the charity auction, raising money for the charity Mind. Impact Art Fair July 2013 Block 336, Brixton, London "Showcasing work by highly talented artists whose opportunities are limited by mental health issues, disability, chronic ill health or social circumstance." Organised by Creative Future "A thoroughly humbling, moving experience, one of the best of my life" - Steve Murison First public art fair showing Yvonne J Foster's series 'Inside' . Be Nice I'm Scared December 2012 Yolo's, Hove Yvonne J Foster's first exhibition in over 12 years. As part of a group exhibition with Eclectica Artists supported by Creative Future . BBC Radio Sussex, Danny Pike Interview about living with depression. Debuting selected works from Yvonne J Foster's new series 'Inside ' .

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Invisibles from Yvonne J Foster's 'Ice Cream Artworks' series Invisibles Get in touch if you are interested in commissioning a portrait Ice Cream Artworks The Ice Cream Artworks are inspired by the illustrative style of the early 20th Century, especially the work of artist Coles Phillips, known for his stylish images and signature use of negative space. In 1908 he launched his “Fadeaway Girl” style used in advertisements and magazine covers. In the Invisibles series elements are strip away, leaving only specific details with a circle motif and bright colours. Created from photographs of every day people eating ice cream (and one lollipop). Lynn Suzie Tracy Bryony

Part of the Museum of Curious Memories. A seemingly endless collection of memories stored in bottles, boxes and books. Each one contains a small object, a story, or an imagining. Box No. 11 - The Cabinet of Curious Memories Part of The Museum of Curious Memories . A seemingly endless collection of memories stored in bottles, boxes and books. Each one contains a small object, a story, or an imagining, transporting you to a specific place or time. Box No. 11 - The Cabinet of Curious Memories. A small wooden cabinet, housed in an upturned drawer with brass plate (No. 11) and three brass rivets (artist's mark). Contents: 24 tiny numbered bottles containing memories. Box No. 11 Brass Plate on Box No. 11 Labels for contents of Box No. 11 Bottled Memories from Box No. 11

Part of the Museum of Curious Memories. A seemingly endless collection of memories stored in bottles, boxes and books. Each one contains a small object, a story, or an imagining. Box No. 3 - The Box of Unwanted Memories The first completed box within The Museum of Curious Memories . Box No. 3 - The Box of Unwanted Memories. A heavy, dark wooden box with large brass hinges, leather handle, brass hinge and padlock (locked with no visible key), brass number plate (No. 15) and three brass rivets (artist's mark). Contents: bottles of unwanted memories , brown envelopes and letters, labelled but uncatalogued. The Padlock on Box No. 3 The Handle and Lock for Box No. 3 The Box of Unwanted Memories Redacted Letter from The Box of Unwanted Memories Bottles from The Box of Unwanted Memories Bottles from The Box of Unwanted Memories Drawers from The Box of Unwanted Memories Envelopes from The Box of Unwanted Memories