Valerie Richardson Primary Medium: Paint Other media: Printmaking, Drawing, Mixed media Keywords: Landscape, Abstract, Spiritual, Psychological, Meditative | Add to favorites |
Erector Square
New Haven, CT 06511
Phone: 203-751-3435
Email: valrichardson (at) igc (dot) org
Website: http://www.valerierichardson.com
Artist Statement
In the past year, I've mostly returned to observation of the landscape around me, although always with an eye to transformation. I spent several spring mornings painting in the beautiful wetlands area of the Quinnipiac that is hidden by North Haven's industrial area. It was a hidden paradise of egrets' nests and tall marsh grass just a few dozen feet away from the gravel and cement plant that is visible to the driver on the road. Other paintings came from the blooms in the flowerbeds or the skunk cabbage in the creek in my backyard or the many landscapes I walked, drove, or biked through during the year.
The Honey and the Moon - 2010 - Acrylic/Mixed - 18" x 24"
The Dream You're Not Having - 2010 - Acrylic/Mixed - 18 x 24
A Single Instance in Time and Space - 2010 - Graphite and watercolor - 14" x 18"
Skunk Cabbage Afterglow - 2010 - Ink and Gouache - 16" x 20"
The Unknown Known - 2010 - Monotype and charcoal - 14" x 18"
Sad People Dance Too - 2010 - Monotype and graphite - 10" x 14"
After that Evening She Never Looked Back - 2009 - Oil on panel - 18 x 24 - Image credit: Raymond Wealthy - Flickr
She Never Understood Ice - 2009 - Oil on panel - 18 x 24 - Image credit: Raymond Wealthy - Flickr
Songs from the Cold Sea - 2009 - Monotype/Mixed - 8 x 10 - Image credit: Raymond Wealthy - Flickr
The Water's High While All the Fish Swim Low - 2009 - Monotype/Mixed - 12 x 16 - Image credit: Anton Singurov - Flickr
The Man Who Didn't Believe in Gravity - 2009 - Oil on panel - 16 x 20 - Image credit: Anton Singurov - Flickr
Study for When Eve Stole the Apple - 2009 - Monotype/Mixed - 12 x 16 - Image credit: Anton Singurov - Flickr
Sultry with a Chance of Showers - 2009 - Oil on panel - 18 x 24
We Pass on the Road Every Road Every Morning, Same Time, Same Pl - 2008 - Oil on panel - 16 x 12
The Breezes Begin and End Here - 2009 - Oil on panel - 16 x 12
At Least That's the Story We Were Told - 2008 - Monoprint-Lithograph - 14 x 10
When the Snakes Are Sleeping Underground - 2008 - Lithograph - 10 x 8
The Dilemma of Four Stomachs - 2009 - Lithograph - 10 x 8
We Are Heirs to the Quivering World - 2009 - Lithograph - 10 x 8
Artist Bio
B.A., College of William and Mary, Painting and Printmaking, 1982
M.F.A., Brooklyn College, Painting and Drawing, 1988
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