"Tagalong"

20" x 24" (50.8cm x 61.0cm)

Oil on Linen

This painting is my homage to the Victorian love of beauty. 

"I have no politics and no Party and no particular hope," wrote Edward Coley Burne-Jones (painter) in a letter to his friend William Morris (poet) in 1894 [both second generation Pre-Raphaelites]; "only this is true: that beauty is very beautiful, and softens, and comforts, and inspires, and rouses and lifts up, and never fails." 

I could not have said it better.

Valerie's work was featured in a local newspaper, The Times-Picayune. The article was in print on April 21st 2011, and it is available online. Click the image below to read the article. 

Valerie was selected as the May 2011 Artist of the Month at the St. Tammany Art Association Member Gallery. There was an interview with Valerie that was published in the STAA newsletter. Click the image below to see the newsletter and read the interview.