Your paintings seem to suspend time, but the distance isn’t cold. What is it about the bird’s-eye view that you enjoy perceiving?
Yvonne Jacquette:Curiosity about how perspective reveals man-made structures and their relationship to “nature.” I like how the canvas plane is like the picture plane.
TMN:What do you admire in a good architect?
YJ:Surprises, beautiful proportions, meanings for human life.
TMN:What are your favorite aspects of airports?
YJ:Favorite aspects of airports exist only in small airports. Larger airports are full of unsettling chaos, including terrible food.
TMN:What’s the last piece of art you saw, by another artist, that disoriented or confused you?
YJ:Astrid Bowlby’s “Sneaky Peanuts,” a panel, eight inches square, with white cat hair and bubble gum attached in swirls.
TMN:What is a typical work day like?
YJ:A typical work day once a pastel study is made: blowing up image, questioning every mark.
TMN:After you’ve painted a place, which do you remember better, the original place or the painting?
YJ:The painting erases the memory of the place.
