Photograph of Artist VALERIE CURTISS
VALERIE CURTISS
Plains, Montana - United States



Original Artworks (10)

Valerie Curtiss; White On Red, Poppies, 2015, Original Painting Oil, 16 x 20 inches. Artwork description: 241  Floral, red, white, poppies, field, meadow, wildflower, summer, nature, plants, palette knife, acrylic    ...
Valerie Curtiss
Original Oil Painting, 2015
16 x 20 inches (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
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Valerie Curtiss; Colour In The Rain, 2015, Original Painting Acrylic, 16 x 20 inches. Artwork description: 241  A painting inspired by a couple of photos taken by Judith Lock of Dereham, Norfolk, UK of a street in the City of Norwich, Norfolk.   ...
Valerie Curtiss
Original Acrylic Painting, 2015
16 x 20 inches (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
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Valerie Curtiss; Peaceful Corner, 2013, Original Painting Oil, 22 x 16 inches. Artwork description: 241  Depicting a quiet peaceful corner in a garden in Portugal.  Nature, gardening, bushes, pots, flowers, tree, patio, allium, floral, rocks, green, oil  ...
Valerie Curtiss
Original Oil Painting, 2013
22 x 16 inches (55.9 x 40.6 cm)
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Valerie Curtiss; Glad All Over, 2014, Original Painting Acrylic, 16 x 20 inches. Artwork description: 241  Still life, a bunch of gladiolus, glads, vase, pinks, yellow, palette knife, acrylic, flowers, floral ...
Valerie Curtiss
Original Acrylic Painting, 2014
16 x 20 inches (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
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Valerie Curtiss; Quayside, 2015, Original Painting Acrylic, 20 x 16 inches. Artwork description: 241  A view of the quayside of the river Wensum, Norwich, Norfolk, England at sunset inspired by a photo taken by Judith Lock of Dereham, Norfolk, UK, acrylic, trees, reflections, riverside ...
Valerie Curtiss
Original Acrylic Painting, 2015
20 x 16 inches (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
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Valerie Curtiss; Night On The Bridge, 2014, Original Painting Oil, 20 x 16 inches. Artwork description: 241  The Vincent Thomas bridge in San Pedro, California at night, with reflections, lights, ships, harbor, water, oil. ...
Valerie Curtiss
Original Oil Painting, 2014
20 x 16 inches (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
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Valerie Curtiss; Convento Dos Capuchos , 2014, Original Painting Oil, 30 x 24 inches. Artwork description: 241   A painting depicting the Convento dos Capuchos, or cork convent in Simtra, Portugal. A very small monastery built in and around the rocks on the hillside, the walls were insulated with cork which is abundant in the region. ...
Valerie Curtiss
Original Oil Painting, 2014
30 x 24 inches (76.2 x 61.0 cm)
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Valerie Curtiss; Washday, 2011, Original Pastel Oil, 16 x 20 inches. Artwork description: 241  A painting inspired by a photo of a friend taken in 1921 and published in a california newspaper.  Washing, play, child, girl, washtub, garden, fun, oil  ...
Valerie Curtiss
Original Oil Pastel, 2011
16 x 20 inches (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
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Valerie Curtiss; WINTER WALK, 2014, Original Painting Acrylic, 20 x 16 inches. Artwork description: 241  A couple on a winter walk on an icy snowy day, sunset, reflections, trees, park, city, blue, impressionism, palette knife, acrylic ...
Valerie Curtiss
Original Acrylic Painting, 2014
20 x 16 inches (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
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Valerie Curtiss; READY FOR FISHING , 2015, Original Painting Acrylic, 16 x 20 inches. Artwork description: 241  Boat, fishing, gulf, fishermen, water, sea, waves, turquoise, a study of fishermen in a boat ready for a day's fishing on the gulf. ...
Valerie Curtiss
Original Acrylic Painting, 2015
16 x 20 inches (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
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Artist Statement

Living in the small town of Plains in beautiful Sanders County, northwest Montana; Valerie, although mostly self-taught, spent most of 2014 under the tutelage of Leonid Afremov in his intermediate and advanced class in Palette Knife Painting. Under the pseudonym of Art by Valia, she has been painting for the last 10 years, her more recent works have all been done with the palette knife either in oils or acrylics. She has been called the most productive artist in the valley. She currently exhibits in Art on the Walls, and Artists in Paradise and other varied venues. She lives with her cat Sniper and her home is her studio, so she is always surrounded by walls full of her colorful paintings....