Genesis

A collection by Hannah Yanetsko

Genesis gathers seven large-scale paintings shaped by a quiet attentiveness to the forming beneath the surface of all things. Each work listens for what is stirring, the unseen work of becoming that moves through sea and soil, spirit and body. Like swells building far from shore, or a seed deep beneath frost, there is a hidden becoming here, ever-present and alive.

Layers of wax, oil stick, and acrylic hold the trace of what is becoming, and the sediment of our histories, the quiet, faithful remnants of all that has been. They move with a kind of reverence, a quiet knowing that creation is still happening, that goodness is taking shape in ways we cannot yet see.

Hannah Yanetsko’s mixed-medium paintings are shaped through a slow, deliberate process that balances repetition and intuition. Oil stick, wax, and acrylic layers are built in gradual succession, allowing tone and texture to shift over time. The surfaces record this history, markings scar the wax, cycles of color washes absorbed through time, forms softly surfacing through layers of light and material.

The paintings move between the weathered field and the luminous plane in quiet dialogue, each revealing the other’s depth. Guided by attentiveness to what forms beneath the surface, the work gestures toward communion, an exchange between what is tangible and what is felt.

Her practice remains shaped by a quiet attentiveness to the hidden becoming, the unseen current moving through all things, always forming, always alive. Rather than fixed conclusions, the paintings hold the feeling of emergence itself, something stirring quietly beneath visibility before it fully arrives.

Throughout the collection there is a sense of movement toward life. Swells building far from shore. Breath entering what once slept dormant beneath frost and soil. A slow gathering of light across the surface.

Genesis is the breath moving through it all, unseen and unending, drawing what sleeps toward life.

Available works from Genesis can be viewed through the HSYA Studio Gallery.