| Valerie
Anne Davide (Born 1938) |
| Based
in North Cornwall Valerie Davide is
a unique talent. |
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After a successful career as
a Counsellor for people with
drug and alcohol problems Valerie
turned her attentions to drawing.
Over the course of her working
life she had often introduced
art therapy into her sessions
to a mutually fulfilling response.
Upon retiring and settling down
to beach life Valerie was able
to fully indulge herself into
her world of curious cows, terrible
terriers and big nostrilled
horses. Sometimes it's like
a car crash in a farm yard with
hilarious consequences but no
fatalities. |
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Yes,
it would be fair to say that Valerie
views much of life through a fish
eye lens and doesn't take it too seriously.
Having retrained herself to paint
and draw with her left hand, she saw
her work loosen up to the point of
rabid fluidity. Her lines ebb and
flow across the paper to the point
when you momentarily wonder where
they are going, until the image emerges
- right in your face and brimming
with attitude, ready to lick your
neck, bite your ankle or do worse
to your leg.
Depending on her mood Valerie can
depict a flared nostrilled horse ready
to nuzzle your pockets for treats,
a spread eagled Jack Russell proudly
showing off its bits or a cow with
Liza Minelli eyelashes. What you always
need to look at are the eyes as this
is where she really makes her mark,
expressive and the focal point of
all her work.
The real brilliance to Valerie's work
is the spontaneity that it positively
oozes, she never over works a drawing,
each piece is a spontaneous out pouring
of energy, deconstructed and free
- madcap? Oh yes. Artistry without
boundaries? Most definitely.
Valerie Davide is sheer genius.
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