Artist Statement:My work tells a story much similar to my own; where there has been darkness, there will be light. I am Hannah Yanetsko, a self taught, contemporary expressionist painter based in Davidson, NC. My work is an invitation to places in between thunder and lightning — where we wade in the waters of grief and goodness.I don’t know where each of my works will take me, I only know where I have been.I don’t know what each piece will turn out to be, I only know I am still a work in progress.I don’t know how I’ll get there, I only know I will.I couldn’t tell you every step I took, I do know that there were many.A mess of marks, bright and colorful. Pencil, pastel and paint.Most of the time, I don’t know if I’ll ever see those maiden marks again, buried beneath a layer of bees wax and tar, thick and dark.Exfoliate, etch, scratch, sand, rub, buff, scratch some more.There it is -- Light.Not white as snow, beautifully blemished.Then, I begin.