Utopiandreamer - Valerie Smith
Surrealist Artist with Oils and Acrylic colors, Vinyl LP Record Album Artwork, Bottle Artist, Shoe redesign artist, Create Cigar box artwork, Create and Mat Posters. I have a Face Book page at Val A. Smith and Instagram at SVAETA.
About Utopiandreamer - Valerie Smith
Based in Baltimore, United States. member for 5 Years
I live and work in Baltimore, Maryland. I am an artist who loves to create colorful and meaningful surreal artwork. My work is done primarily in oils on canvas, measuring not less than two feet in any direction. I also enjoy working with colored inks, water colors, acrylics and color pencils. In the past year, I created artwork on canvas shoes, cigar box purses, bottle art and artwork on vinyl LP record albums.
My life’s work evolves around colors and how colors have an emotional effect on the viewer. I work in the style of Surrealism because, I want each viewer to see something different or what they think they see in my work. Often, I create stories or subtle messages within my work and other times these messages are screaming loudly that it could not be missed. I don’t want the viewer to just see my work, I want my work to leave an impression on the viewer.
My personal preferences are to construct the stretcher, stretch the canvas, treat the canvas, paint and then build a frame for each piece that I complete. It sounds time consuming, it’s my way of really getting into what I am doing with that piece of material. Lately, I began creating artwork with found objects, such as repurposed vinyl LP record albums, canvas shoes, bottle art and cigar boxes. I print and mat my original art work to be sold.
I studied Architectural Design, fine arts at Maryland Institute (MICA), fine arts at the Towson University’s College of Fine Arts and Communications and earned my degree from the Professional Institute of Commercial Arts (PICA). I learned to blend architectural design and fine art.
I am an active member of the Hamilton Arts Collective, the Maryland Art Place, Artist U (GBCA –Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance), the Towson Artist Collective, the Sankofa African Museum for children. Annually, I submit my works to the Maryland State Arts Council and Baker’s Art.
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