Hi, I’m Val! I paint small, joyful things. Seriously.
I'm a painter: oils mostly, drawings when they insist. I work in one series at a time, about a year each, and this site is my trail of breadcrumbs: every series, the story behind it, and a journal I keep along the way.
Now on the easel
Boro Boards
2021 · Mixed media
Boro is the old Japanese tradition of mending cloth: patch over patch, stitch over stitch, until the repairs become the beauty. I couldn't stop thinking about that.
MOTTO
Always exploring. Always learning.
MISSION
