Painted book pages

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Valerie skims through vintage books to find key words that inspire her art. After finding these words, she sketches a drawing on the page with India ink, then adds watercolour paint. Many of the originals were produced on family vacations with her 2 small children. The lakeside cottage by Shuswap Lake in British Columbia was where these pages were brought to life.

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As a child I loved pop-up books. A friend once sent me a pop-up postcard of the Alhambra in Granada, Spain featuring a thoughtful, solitary figure. It was a beautiful, inspiring card.

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