Valerie M. Phillips
Cambria Heights, New York
Winter Lilies Oil on Canvas 36 X 30
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Tropicale Oil on Canvas 48 X 36 |
Banana Leaves at Sunset Oil 30 x 40
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Three Little Birds Oil on Canvas 40 X30
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Through the Looking Glass Oil 48 X36
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Jezebel Oil & Gold Leaf 36x24
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Mystic Marquee Oil 24" oval
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Spanish Mane Oil, Gold, Copper Leaf 48x 36
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Jonkunu Princess Oil, Gold Leaf 48 x 36
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Metallica Oil, Silver Leaf, Acrylic, Beads, Mirrors 48 x 24 |
Ultraviolet Oil 30 x 40
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Zorka's Toys Oil 40 x30 |
Let My People Go Oil, Gold Leaf, Glitter 48 X 60
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On Drums
Oil, Glitter 48 x 36 |
Madame Zorka Oil 40 x 30
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Bienvenidos Oil 70 x 50 |
Nathan's Oil 28 x 36
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Harlequin I Oil 18x24 |
Seahorse Carousell Oil, Glitter 36 x 48 |
Harlequin II Oil 18x24
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Orange Horse Acrylic 24 x 36
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Megapixels Oil 30 x 40
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Night Jump Oil 48 x 36 |
Moroccan Horses Oil, Gold Leaf 40 x 30
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Lead Horse Oil, Gold Leaf, Acrylic, Beads triptych (48 x 72) each piece 48 x 24 |
WINTER TROPICALE
VALERIE PHILLIPS
“Winter Tropicale” is an exhibit inspired by contrasts. The juxtaposition of these two words marries seeming opposites. It was my hope to bring the experience of the heat and vibrancy of the tropics to the dead of winter for this New York exhibit.
The inspiration for the individual paintings stems significantly from my Caribbean and African heritage as well as my travels throughout many parts of the world. This can be seen most prominently in my use of the color and texture with which I imbue my paintings. These rich and varied colors of my ancestral origins evoke the vibrancy of a lush tropical environment and the powerful, inescapable light indigenous to those parts of the world.
In addition, the subject matter of many of my paintings in this exhibit is of a specific origin. When I contemplate the home of my ancestors, I see the choreography of nature, the rhythmic power and majesty of the turquoise sea, the waters flowing from the mountains into terra firma creating a rainforest which gives birth to a wonderful abundance of fruit, flora and vegetation inherent to those tropical places. I have attempted to capture the product of this magnificent dance in my representations of the banana at its heart, the young coconut and the orange as well as the heliconia, red ginger an other indigenous flowers.
The medium for these works is oil, and all of the canvases on display in this exhibit have been painted in that wonderful medium.
I hope that you will enjoy the rich culture, beauty and song that is the hallmark of this exhibit; I hope, too, that you are affected and enriched by the spirit I have attempted to capture in each of my paintings. ……………Valerie Phillips
Art:
1997 to
present Art students league -Peter Homitzky
1998 Southwest Pastel Workshop (Santa Fe, New Mexico - Jane Shoenfeld
1999 Open Your Eyes workshop, Island Heights, New Jersey, Lizzie Schippert
2003 Ocean City New Jersey International Art Exhibit
i. Pastel Workshop - Brenda Mattson
ii. Watercolor Workshop - Paul George
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