Primarily working as an oil painter, the artist also adheres natural materials to canvas or wood to create a symbiotic relationship between the manufactured and the organic. She also explores the recurring absurd association between natural forms versus man-made objects. This was exemplified by painting a tree onto a large-scale canvas umbrella meant to restore its natural shade producing properties that were stripped away when a wooden structure was created from another tree to uphold this man-made contraption.

Questioning the conceptual placement of art both literally and figuratively is scrutinized in the "Couch Parade" series that addresses the reduction of artworks into mere decorative commodities. Here, the artist intends to reinstate respect for the creators whose work was never meant to be used as a design for say, socks or scarves to name a few.

 

The artist continually seeks new ideas in representing the taken-for-granted offerings of nature yet retaining the essence of the beauty in life she finds threatened by human interference and heartless misconceptions. Yvette Martini believes she may have paint instead of blood flowing through her veins. Or perhaps it is just old blood as genealogy confirms that she is related to a Renaissance master painter.