"I use figurative drawings to detail the form, using simplicity of line to suggest weight and suppleness of the body. My most reasent studies are from the mind, imagination and the soul. My drawings are expressed with less structured lines and with bolder shapes that reflect the true emotion of that being. The ugliness of the confident lines and bold brush strokes convey the emotion I see. The use of vibrant oils, subdued watercolors, and expressive brush strokes is the movement, never static."

Nadine Yura holds a Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts from Rutgers University. She previously has taken courses in drawing and graphic arts at Kean University, N.J., New Jersey Center for the Visual Arts and Ducret School of Arts in N.J. She has a love of drawing in a figrative mode and has exhibited extensively throughout New Jersey. Her work is in a number of private collections. She has also been the recipiant of a number of awards for her work.