Yvonne Audette (born 1930) is a leading Australian abstract artist. She was born in Sydney in 1930 and after attending art classes whilst still at secondary school she and her parents were persuaded to have her trained as an artist. She enrolled at the Julian Ashton School but she became tired of the uninspiring teaching. The main teacher was Henry Gibbons who was nearing retirement. In 1951 his duties were taken over by John Passmore who was returning to Australia.

Passmore became the main teacher at this private school. One of his favourite students was Audette. She compared his return to the school as "like Moses" returning with the tablets of stone. He taught her to look at the subject of their paintings as not only a connection...