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Valda Robison

Artist's Studio

Valda's Studio

913-341-1195

vrpaints@valdastudio.com

Website

www.ValdaStudio.com

Watercolor classes available.
                                   Details are on my website.

Media

Watercolor, Colored Pencil, Graphite and Ink

Style

Valda paints and draws in a soft realism with fine detail, and with attention to light’s reflections. “I have always been fascinated by the contrasts in the world around me of light and shadow, form and texture. But most of all, I marvel at the way sunlight plays on ordinary objects, transforming them to a reflection of the Creator. I strive to capture that Divine nature in my art.”

Subjects

Valda has explored many subjects from still life to architecturals. What draws her to a particular subject is the play of light and shadow, along with interesting shapes within and around the subject.

Pencil Portraits

Your favorite photos can be made into a treasured portrait. Valda draws detailed and realistic pencil portraits from photographs. Visit her website for more information or send her an email message.

Artistic Beginnings

In 1998 Valda began to fulfill her long-held desire to draw and paint, and spent the next five years studying art, focusing on drawing and watercolor. In 2003 she joined a local art association and in the Spring of 2004 entered her first juried show, winning an Award of Merit.

Since that time she has entered many juried art exhibitions in the Kansas City metro area and has won several awards.

She began teaching watercolor in her home studio in 2005 and has been the watercolor instructor for the Shawnee Civic Center in Shawnee, Kansas, since August 2007.

Awards

Honorable Mention ~ 2008 Images Gallery Juried Art Exhibition, Kansas City, Mo.

Honorable Mention ~ 2008, Award of Merit ~ 2007 Heartland Artist Exhibition, Merriam, Ks.

1st place in Watercolor ~ 2006, 2007 Religious Art Show, Trinity Lutheran Church, Mission, Ks.

Blue Ribbon Award (Artist of the Month)
Greater Kansas City Art Association  ~ 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

Juried Exhibitions

Heartland Artists Juried Exhibition, Merriam Community Center Art Gallery, Merriam, Ks.
2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

Images Gallery Juried Art Exhibition, Kansas City, Mo. 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009.

14th Annual CPSA* Exhibition, Seattle, Washington
2008. (Colored Pencil Society of America)

Religious Art Show, Trinity Lutheran Church, Mission, Ks.  2005, 2006, 2007.

Published

American Artists Watercolor magazine
2008 Spring edition (April 2008)
The painting, "Sprouted Onion" was a finalist in the 2008 cover competition.

Memberships

Colored Pencil Society of America

Greater Kansas City Art Association

Northland Exposure Artists' Gallery

Sample of Artwork

Images shown below are the copyrighted work of the artist and
may not be reproduced.  See Terms of Website Use.

Click on each small picture to see a larger image.

Petite Collection
colored pencil "paintings"
each is 5" x 5"

Golden Pears

watercolor painting
14" x 10"
Blue-Ribbon Award
Greater Kansas City Art Association

Wings of the Morning
graphite pencil drawing
18”x9”

Winter Forest

Watercolor
17" x 14"

Sprouted Onion

watercolor painting
16" x 26"

Published in the Summer
2008 Watercolor Magazine

Fresh From the Garden
colored pencil "painting"
7" x 3.5"

Vineyard Feast

watercolor painting
14”x10”

The Path of Life

graphite pencil drawing
7”x13”
Christ Church, Raleigh, NC

Mission Ruins

watercolor painting
12" x 9.5"
San Jose Mission
San Antonio, Texas