Ysabella Hincapie-Gara

Duality Bronze 24” x 12” x 8” Ysabella Hicapie-Gara

Ysabella Hincapie-Gara was born December 4th 1950 in Pereira, Colombia SA. At the age of 20 she migrated alone to The United States of America to forge her own destiny. Since then, she has lived in NYC. In her quest for knowledge and understanding, Ysabella pursued studies in Marine Biology, Art, Bilingual Special Education as well as Speech and Language Pathology. She worked for The Museum of Natural History, Cooper Hewitt Museum and the Brooklyn Children’s Museum as a Curatorial Assistant, Textile Collection Manager, Curator, and Registrar. When her twin sons were seven years old, Ysabella began her work as an Educator and Speech Language Therapist for the New York City Department of Education. She retired in July 2017 after 24 years of service. Currently, Ysabella is an Adjunct Clinical Educator at Lehman College where she supervises one of the Language and Literacy clinics and a Diagnostic Practicum for students in the master program. Ysabella has represented her ideas in stone, bronze, wood, raku, oil painting, watercolor, collage, drawings, photography and installations. Her artwork has been exhibited in the USA and Canada. She writes poetry and short stories. Her inspiration comes from the diversity in nature, the love for all creatures small and big, and events of daily life. As a humanitarian, Ysabella volunteers for Healing The Children North East (HTCNE) as a bilingual (Spanish) Speech and Language Therapist. She travels with their medical missions to repair cleft lip and palate to children in Colombia, Peru and Bolivia. Ysabella also volunteers at The Institute For Music and Neurological Function at Wartburg in the music for veterans with PTSD program. Ysabella is married to James, mother of 35-year-old twin sons Phillip and Antoine, Mother-in-law to Jasna and Tiffany (2022) and and grandmother to Theodore Vuk James Gara (Theo) born February 17, 2022. Ysabella has travel to many places in the world, including remote ones such as Mount Everest base camp in Tibet, the Namibia desert and the Artic Circle in the North East. Her hobbies include singing in the Lehman College Choir, gardening, cooking and swimming. Ysabella has, and continues to live a fascinating life full of adventures and the love for family and nature.

Self-Expression Mixed Media 22” x 16” x 12” Ysabella Hicapie-Gara

Petra

Ahead of their sightseeing group The mischievous twin boys Effortlessly climbed the path That flanks the building As tall as Big Ben

Carved into the bedrock of the sandstone cliff The majestic white-pink-red construction Has as stood witnessing history Weathered by two millennia

The group reached the top The mother of the boys Watched the playful scene Against a perfect blue sky

Running chasing each other Around the colossal urn That crowns the Nabatean temple Unaware of looming danger One slip or a gentle push

She jumped the gap Her outer calm did not betray Her fight against disaster She wanted them still

A photograph as an excuse She pretended to be helpless Dizzy by the height She needed hands to hold her

Immediately they came To comfort and dispel the stress With a loving clasp hand On each of her hands She rejoined the group

She felt victorious This time she had won One dreadful game against Fate Or this had not been anyone's time

Petra Ysabella Hicapie-Gara

Above: Fragile, 10”x12” Left: A Dream is Just a Dream, 10”x12” Ysabella Hicapie-Gara

Ysabella Hincapie-Gara

Above: Woman, pink alabaster, 15”x6”x6” Right: Untitled, soap stone, 15”x6”x6” Ysabella Hicapie-Gara