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yelley art

www.yelley.net

About Me



Born and raised in Southern California, I earned my B.A. in Studio Arts: Mixed Media from San Diego State University in 2005 but my real education came from my own life experiences. I love architecture and interior spaces, deep nature, the patina and soul of found objects, bold pop aesthetics and indigenous cultures. I work in various mediums and dimensions, depending on the materials I find around me. The subject matter is derived from social issues like history, politics and anthropology, as well as more personal issues like compassion, fear, love and addiction. I'd like to think of my style as unapologetically simple, profoundly beautiful, and culturally eclectic... but maybe that's just the person I aspire to be - because at heart, I'm just a girl alone in my head with some tunes and a canvas.
- Danielle “Yelley” Rauto
www.YELLEY.net

My Interests

Wasting the night away in my studio listening to music & getting high off paint fumes, Building things, Drawing, Traveling, Nintendo, Summer BBQs, The Beach.

Music:

Pixies, Killers, The Bravery, The Stones, Bloc Party, Violent Femmes, Echo and the Bunnymen, David Bowie, Oingo Boingo, The Cure, The Smiths, New Order, Elvis Costello, The Clash, The Damned, Misfits, Bad Religion, Fugazi, Decendents, Face to Face, Tiger Army, TSOL, The Pogues, Bob, Eek-a-mouse, Matisyahu, Steel Pulse, Barington Levy, Tribal Seeds.... and about a 1000 other things.

Movies:

Marie Antoinette, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, Dithers, Welcome to the dollhouse, Little monsters, Brat Pack movies, Edward Scissor Hands, Dazed and Confused, Empire Records, Fast Times; Tim Burton, old horror movies and suspense/thirillers...

Television:

PLANET EARTH! The Office, Heroes, How I Met your Mother, HD Documentaries... and my guilty pleasure is pretty much any show with phycics or haunted houses.

Books:

My collection of art books, Chuck Palahniuk, Jack Kerouack, Where the Wild Things Are & Magazines like Juxtapoz, Swindle, PEEL...