Based in Brooklyn, NY, Ms. Yang takes her cues from the world close by. Whether it is a gritty industrial street near her studio by the Gowanus Canal, a sidewalk in Park Slope, or the morning splendor of Union Square Park, she instills her oil paintings with color and light while recording the (sometimes elusive) beauty of her subject. The paintings become infused with her own wonder and the delight of discovery. With degrees from both Yale and Columbia, she has pursued her painting career with further study in New York City. Her work stands beside that of Philip Pearlstein, George Tooker, Chuck Close, Alex Katz and many others in the new book “100 New York Painters”.