Darin Yates Studios

Darin Yates Studios An American Impressionist Artist and Southwest Art Painter. Darin was inspired at a young age to draw and paint wildlife.

He attended art school at Ringling School of Art & Design in Sarasota, Florida in 1992-1995.

Got all my paintings back from the Walla Walla Art show for past 3 months at the Combine Art Collective. Didn’t sell any...
09/01/2026

Got all my paintings back from the Walla Walla Art show for past 3 months at the Combine Art Collective. Didn’t sell any…but it doesn’t bum me out. Got some good local exposure, got lots of compliments, met some great people, and other fellow artists. Moving on to bigger and better things. Getting ready to apply for some big national western auctions in Montana and Texas. Keeping my fingers crossed! 🤞Working on painting number 14 & 15 so far this year.

After my trip to Jackson Hole and Grand Teton I was very inspired to work on wildlife paintings. A lot of people ask me ...
08/29/2026

After my trip to Jackson Hole and Grand Teton I was very inspired to work on wildlife paintings. A lot of people ask me why I don’t paint realism on all my art. I was trained in two colleges for almost 6 years on drawing and painting. When I got out of art school that was all I was doing - realism. Just didn’t sell much but did lots of prints. Lots of galleries turned me away in Arizona.

Now I hate the smell of oil paints now too. So I utilized my love for watercolors and transferred that into Acrylics. They are very close together as a medium. I feel like combing the looseness of Impressionism and mixing it with realism I can achieve an artistic style of my own.

But that’s not enough…you have to come up with subject matter, themes, and series of paintings that move people and invoke feelings that they can compare to their own lives. Then, hopefully they will love it enough to buy it from you. 😎

I started this Rocky Mountain Elk painting. It’s a work in progress and I only have 8 hours into it so far. It looks very realistic now but I will try and finish it with some more noticeable looser brush strokes. Still slinging paint!

Had a really good trip to Jackson Hole, WY, Yellowstone NP, and Grand Tetons NP. We saw lots of really neat stuff and Ja...
08/24/2026

Had a really good trip to Jackson Hole, WY, Yellowstone NP, and Grand Tetons NP. We saw lots of really neat stuff and Jackson Hole is the bomb! Made some gallery contacts there and in comparison they make there art really big there! Made my paintings look small. Saw lots of 4ft x 6ft paintings and 5ft x 5ft ones. Might have to up my game. 👍 Went to the National Wildlife Museum there and saw some really cool stuff! Saw lots of Buffalo there in the National Parks as well. Got some good resource photos for art!

Just finished “Sunset Winds”, a 36” x 48” acrylic painting that was started back in May. Took me 26 hours to paint and v...
08/12/2026

Just finished “Sunset Winds”, a 36” x 48” acrylic painting that was started back in May. Took me 26 hours to paint and varnish. Glad to be done now. Working on an Elk painting next…still slinging paint! 😎

Just launched my art store on fineartamerica.com! You can buy art prints, canvas prints, framed prints, home decor, tech...
08/10/2026

Just launched my art store on fineartamerica.com! You can buy art prints, canvas prints, framed prints, home decor, tech products, and paper products with my popular art pieces. When you get some time check them out!

https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/darin-yates/shop

The Art Show at the Columbine Art Collective went well on Friday. Seemed more people came too. Lots of interest in my “M...
08/10/2026

The Art Show at the Columbine Art Collective went well on Friday. Seemed more people came too. Lots of interest in my “Mystic Buffalo” painting.

Come on down to the Art Show at the Combine Art Collective in downtown Walla Walla this Friday, August 7, 2026 @ 4:00pm....
08/03/2026

Come on down to the Art Show at the Combine Art Collective in downtown Walla Walla this Friday, August 7, 2026 @ 4:00pm. Artist Reception is from 4:00pm-6:00pm. Meet many great local artisans and see their new work. One of the Guest Artist’s featured is Darin Yates. See his western art in the latest issues of Art of the West & Southwest Art Magazines. See you all there at the Combine Art Collective, 130 East Rose St. #102 in Walla Walla, WA this Friday!

Truly blessed to have these come out the same week. Feels like the sum of all your hard work for the past 2 years of pai...
07/25/2026

Truly blessed to have these come out the same week. Feels like the sum of all your hard work for the past 2 years of painting is finally paying off. I feel like everything that happens in the world is all timing…my time is now to break into this field. I tried to when I was age 25-27 and got lots of closed doors. Very discouraging.

My full-page Ad was just released in the August/Sept. issue of Southwest Art Magazine - pg. 34. These go out free to all the big western art shows and art auctions around the country and to all the participating galleries. My hope is to generate some calls and hopefully some new gallery opportunities. Thanks for all your support!

Getting back on the horses today. I’m gonna get some new lighting for my birthday this year.
07/21/2026

Getting back on the horses today. I’m gonna get some new lighting for my birthday this year.

I’m excited to get back into my Sedona Series again. I started this back in April a big 36” x 48” canvas and put it asid...
07/19/2026

I’m excited to get back into my Sedona Series again. I started this back in April a big 36” x 48” canvas and put it aside to get ready for that art show on June 5. I have about 6 paintings I started and put aside over the past year. So now I’m gonna try and finish some of them.

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Milton-Freewater, OR
97862

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