newsletter - April 2026
The Valerie Timmons Art Newsletter (April 2026)
What a windy spring we're having. When things begin to bloom, I love going out into the garden with my macro lens, but this year, all that movement is wreaking havoc on my shots. So I gave up and went with it. Garden abstraction!
New work at ADC, Cincinnati, and on its way to Salt Lake
I took this trio of Elizabeth paintings to Cincinnati earlier this week . . .
I took this trio of Elizabeth paintings to Cincinnati earlier this week . . .
The smaller ones will probably accompany the gallery to the inaugural Salt Lake Art Fair next week, and the larger one, with a big horse painting you can sort of see reflected in the hatch window, will stay in the gallery in Cincinnati. I'm not sure you've seen these new Elizabeths . . .
Elizabeth III oil on canvas, 36x36"
Elizabeth VII oil on canvas, 30x30"
Elizabeth XII oil on canvas, 24x24"
The Elizabeth series is named for my maternal grandmother. I've created images for an Opal (my paternal grandmother) series and a Nancy (my mother) series, and I hope to start painting those in the next couple of months.
Digital display at ArtExpo New York
One of the prizes I won at ADC Fine Art's fall show was a free digital display at one of Redwood Art Group's fairs across the country. I selected the New York show, and here's how one of my images looked on the display . . .
One of the prizes I won at ADC Fine Art's fall show was a free digital display at one of Redwood Art Group's fairs across the country. I selected the New York show, and here's how one of my images looked on the display . . .
Pretty cool, huh? I've gotten a few inquiries as a result of this exposure, and I'm grateful for that opportunity. I feel so hip to have a QR code (below) that connects directly to my website.
Now for a different kind of portraiture
I was messing around, digitally, with some of my portrait images and polarized thin sections (it's a geology thang) and showed them to a geologist friend who immediately said, "I want one! It's a commission!" She sent me a selfie; I created a geometric portrait from it and merged it with the thin section image. Here's how it turned out (she really is that beautiful):
I was messing around, digitally, with some of my portrait images and polarized thin sections (it's a geology thang) and showed them to a geologist friend who immediately said, "I want one! It's a commission!" She sent me a selfie; I created a geometric portrait from it and merged it with the thin section image. Here's how it turned out (she really is that beautiful):
She plans to have it printed on canvas and make it the focus of an art wall in a new home. Here are some more experiments in this series . . .
For tech and art history buffs
There are AI programs and generators galore for all things art these days, and I turned one of them loose on part of my geometric portfolio recently. It churned out some startling observations, all of which were valid, but the most surprising one was a categorization of the work as 'Cubist Pop.' I've studied art history a bit, but that was a new one on me. Sure enough (thank you, Google), it is a thing, though mostly as a subset of Cubism. And it was like a gear that had been whirring in my head with no clear function finally clicked into place. Cubist Pop! So descriptive. Wait 'til I include that in my elevator pitch.
There are AI programs and generators galore for all things art these days, and I turned one of them loose on part of my geometric portfolio recently. It churned out some startling observations, all of which were valid, but the most surprising one was a categorization of the work as 'Cubist Pop.' I've studied art history a bit, but that was a new one on me. Sure enough (thank you, Google), it is a thing, though mostly as a subset of Cubism. And it was like a gear that had been whirring in my head with no clear function finally clicked into place. Cubist Pop! So descriptive. Wait 'til I include that in my elevator pitch.
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