December 3, 2013

Christmas Ornaments at Martha's Vineyard Artisan Festival

Valentine's Hand-Painted Christmas Ornaments are a Hit!


Thanksgiving Weekend  on Martha's Vineyard!!!  
The crowds were huge on Friday, opening day of the MV Artisans Festival I showed my abstract water paintings but it was my painted ornaments that sold bigI have more bulbs available in my West Tisbury art studio.  If you would like to buy an ornament ($10 each, six for $50), please contact me at vineyard.artist@gmail.com
 

September 24, 2013

September on Martha's  Vineyard is a perfect time to visit and, of course, to paint.  Below are three under-paintings, three works in progress. Updates to follow!

Moshup Beach/30x40/Oil

Lucy Vincent Beach/30x40/Oil

'Pool Filter On' Series/30x30/Oil

 

September 12, 2013

Two-Day Plein Air Workshop September 13 & 14 on Martha's Vineyard

Near Sunset / 30 x 48 / Oil on Canvas

Tomorrow I will teach my first plein-air class.  We will be working for two days ( at the same time of each day....of course) on Lamberts Cove.  We will discuss composition, perspective and the fun of creating a painting within the two hour limit provided by the sun.

June 21, 2013

Valentine of Martha's Vineyard is creating a Website

Chilmark Pond      10x12       Pastel         2013

The website is coming along....bit by bit.  It's a steep learning curve for me, but with the help of classes from Susan Lomuto (Teaching Art On-Line) I hope to publish the valestabrook.com website this July.  The site will offer a gallery of my paintings, schedule of my art shows on Martha's Vineyard and dates of my first ever plein-air classes.  Two-day plein-air workshops will be offered in July and my four week on-line plein-air course will begin in September.  Details to follow.



June 19, 2013


Martha's Vineyard Begins a New Summer Season

Paintings by Valentine, that's me, are currently being shown at Featherstone Center for the Arts and my Vineyard studio.  Upcoming events include a July 20 show at the Dock Side Inn and a couple big weekends at the MV Artisans Festival.  I'll be showing several new paintings, big paintings, as well as a series of pastels on sanded paper.

SOUTH BEACH/Pastel/10 x 12              c 2013 Valentine