Yükselle’s work is an exploration of Realism in Fantasy. She has a strong passion to recreate nature in a nostalgic style on canvas. Organic shapes, and flowing patterns created by nature's magic inspire her. Yükselle’s paintings depict the moods and colours of the Great Lakes, beautiful Sweet Water Sea-Huron and Georgian Bay also the romance of the lakes district of Muskoka.

As a nature worshipper, Yükselle takes great pleasure in gardening, hiking, swimming, and photography and believes in nourishing the artistic soul with music and reading.

An adoration for nature is expressed on her canvases. Conceived through a unique impulse, these recent paintings are created in the style of “Realism In Fantasy”. In this series of works, you can sense hints of romance through evocative compositions of nature, executed with a modernist expression and abstraction. Her creations are displayed at her Southampton home/studio, she accepts commissions.

Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts at the University of Mimar Sinan in Istanbul, Turkey.
Lived in Toronto, Canada between 1971-2009;
Worked for Scholastic Canada Ltd., in Toronto between 1979-2009, first as a Graphic Designer and later as an Art Director.
Living and painting are full-time in Southampton, Ontario since 2009.

Exhibitions:
Yükselle is an artist who is a permanent member of Southampton Art Centre, Ontario. She had a solo exhibit in September 2022 at the Southampton Arts Centre. Her art was shown at The ArtExpo 2019 New York and at various art galleries and group shows in Ontario;
Blue Mountain Town Hall Thornbury; Loft Gallery, Thornbury; Santa Fe Gallery, Owen Sound; Mad And Noisy Art Gallery, Creemore; Durham Art Gallery, Durham; Black Dog Gallery, Thornbury, Ontario.

Yükselle had a solo exhibit at The Bruce County Museum and Cultural Centre Southampton, 2014 and was also commissioned by Bruce County for a painting featuring a landmark of the county.

Her exhibitions include the Southampton Art Gallery, 2010-2014; solo exhibit at Collingwood Public Library, 2013; Art Square Gallery, Toronto, 2009; Outpost Cafe&Gallery, Southampton, 2000, 2001; McMichael Gallery, Kleinburg, Ontario, 1999; Inverlynn Art Gallery, Whitby, 1998; Guild Inn Outdoor Summer Art Exhibit, 1997; Hamilton Art Gallery, 1997; Circle Arts, Tobermory, 1996, 1997; Story Book House, Southampton, 1994, 1995; Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 1993; Gallery 306, 80 Spadina Street, Toronto, 1993; Hamilton Art Gallery, 1992; Gallery 306, 80 Spadina Street, Toronto 1985, 1986, 1987; North York Art Council, 1985; Hittite Gallery, Yorkville, Toronto, 1984; Master Piece Gallery, Yorkville, Toronto, 1977.

Impressions by art patrons:
“You see the soul of the landscape beyond its physical majesty. I feel like I am inside these places”
“Evocative, Ambient and Atmospheric”.