Taos Pueblo Creek - Hot Sunny Day, ©Valerie Graves All Rights Reserved
Valerie Graves is a Master Painter of landscapes, capturing the special light and essence of the mountains, sagebrush mesas and valleys of the Southwest.
Many have said that her remarkably sensitive and beautiful work is extremely reminiscent of the very best of the early Taos Founder paintings. Few artists have earned that praise.
Valerie Graves is included in numerous private and museum collections, and has received a number of prestigious awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Award for Fine Art at the prestigious Taos Invites Taos Show in 2003 by the Taos Medical Services Foundation who sponsors this acclaimed show. She joins R.C. Gorman and Agnes Martin in receiving that tremendously special honor. She also won the Best Traditional Painting Award in 2003, a wonderful award she has won several times in the past along with two Best In Show Awards.
The image and power of Taos Mountain and the Taos Valley play a central role in Valerie Graves work, and are portrayed in their many moods and in various seasons. The rich golden light of sunset which highlights the Sangre de Cristos and casts lush, deep purple shadows is vividly captured in her glowing pastels and oils
Please visit her website at www.TaosArtist.com
Please see also:
BirdSongGallery.com Original Fine Art & amp; Limited Edition Prints of Birds & Wildlife
PowerHorse.com Original Fine Art, Santa Fe and Taos
All images are under copyright by the artist and may not be used for any reason in any media without the expressed written permission of the artist