About Valerie

• Valerie has been drawing since childhood, with dreams of becoming a professional artist. She later set aside that dream and went on to get her Psychology degree and worked in various jobs including special education and mental health care. 

 

• Then drawing came back into her life as path to healing. She felt called to use charcoal because, as a medium made of organic matter and transformed through fire and heat, it lends an imagery of creating beauty from the ashes. She has fallen in love with the simple + bold elegance of charcoal and uses it to deepen her connection to animals.

 

• She is now living as an artist in Wisconsin, who specializes in creating realistic wildlife portraits in charcoal. She draws inspiration from the beauty and resilience of wildlife subjects and the timeless elegance of black and white artwork. Through the use of an eraser she can carve out areas of light to bring a piece to life, in the same way illustrating how pulling out areas of light in our moments of darkness can bring us to life.

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You can catch Valerie showcasing her artwork at various art shows and events throughout the state of Wisconsin. 

 

Thank you for being here,

I hope you find light in the darkness.