Color rules my mind, my heart and my paintings.  My compositions are decided by what colors I want to juxtapose. I apply paint to canvas in the old masters tradition of layering paint, directly contrasting contemporary design.

The place I most love to be is at my easel in my studio.

I paint because I have to paint.   I need to paint.  I paint with my whole self, my mind, my heart, my history, my present and into my future.

I have had paintings  accepted for exhibition and sale at Sotheby's of London.   One of the paintings was purchased by a New York Gallery and used for a national ad campaign.

My paintings have:  won several best of show awards, exhibited in several International group exhibitions in the UK, been selected for Artist Magazine Top 100 paintings, National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society Best of America 2004, Rising Star Award , in 2006  4 bird paintings were accepted in the 19^th International Animals in Art Exhibition receiving the SVM Award, in 2007 2 paintings were accepted into the 20^th International Animals in Art Exhibition, one receiving Judge's Honorable Mention. 2008 and 2009 paintings won Award of Merit, Viewers Choice, America's Arts in the Parks Top 100, paintings were also juried into several National Exhibitions and appeared on the covers of two publications.

www.Valerieaune.com

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Valerieaune@bellsouth.net