I’ve always been drawn to the quiet corners—the places where feeling lives just beneath the surface. As a child, I found myself lingering at the art table long after everyone else had moved on, lost in the colors, the lines, the calm. Long before I had the words, I had a paintbrush.
Art became my way through everything I didn’t know how to say—love, joy, fear, grief, transformation. And over time, I realized: it wasn’t just my way through—it was my way in. Into who I am. Into what I feel. Into the truth I carry.
My work is intuitive. I trust that if I lead with feeling, the art will reveal itself. I believe that’s true of life, too. My art is made for reflection, growth, and healing.
For me, art is about honoring what’s real, even when it hurts. Especially then.
Each collection I create is a chapter—a timestamp on my story, and often, others’ stories too. From the beauty of motherhood, to the ache of loss,my paintings hold space for all of it. The messy, the beautiful, the becoming.
Corinne Yancone is a full time fine artist and a resident of Rochester, New York.
She received her BFA in illustration at Rochester Institute of Technology and since then has started her own business, CAF Creations. Yancone paints live at weddings and special events. She also enjoys creating vibrant florals and landscapes to inspire and lift the spirits of those around her. Her passions include motherhood, painting, dance. Her energetic and colorful paintings derive from her optimistic outlook on life. She strives to inspire joy in peoples’ lives with her bold and bright works of art.
Yancone primarily works with acrylics on canvas using a variety of embellishments to increase the texture and sheen of her artwork. She puts her whole heart into all of her artwork and is continuously inspired by the beauty and colorful world around her. Her expressive artworks are proudly displayed all around Rochester including Aquinas Institute of Rochester, School of the Arts, Durand- Eastman Intermediate School, The Pasta Villa, Stromboli Express, Fallone's Funtime Center and Your Care Health Plan. Yancone’s work is also proudly displayed in homes of art collectors all around the world.
The eclectic style of the fine artist has evolved since traveling with ArtWave, a company that promoted her artwork over seas on Azamara Luxury Cruises. After traveling as an artist in residence on the cruise ship, Yancone returned to Rochester and found her love for live painting during wedding events. She enjoys painting for an audience to see because it gives them an opportunity to immerse themselves in her artistic process. Corinne enjoys live painting at weddings because she loves celebrating her couples with a cherished original painting and she enjoys the cheerful nature of the environment that weddings bring.
