Valerie Beller Art
American, b. 1965
Valerie Beller was born in San Antonio, Texas, and resides in Chicago, Illinois. Beller received her BA in Liberal Arts at Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, NY, and an MFA in painting at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1991. Valerie Beller’s abstract paintings encourage visual exploration. Organic forms are both revealed and concealed amidst layers of paint. Textural applications of oil paint accent the streaked and stained surfaces of the canvas. Her paintings show reflections on nature and memory. Beller’s intriguing titles, a “poetic tie” to the paintings, invite the viewer to bring in their own associations.(Biography provided by Judy Ferrara Gallery)
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Artist: Valerie Beller
Atlas
By Valerie Beller
Located in Three Oaks, MI
Valerie Beller’s abstract paintings encourage visual exploration. Organic forms are both revealed and concealed amidst layers of paint. The streaked and stained surfaces of the canva...
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Early 2000s Abstract Valerie Beller Art
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Meditation
By Valerie Beller
Located in Three Oaks, MI
Valerie Beller’s abstract paintings encourage visual exploration. Organic forms are both revealed and concealed amidst layers of paint. The streaked and stained surfaces of the canva...
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Early 2000s Abstract Valerie Beller Art
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Peacock
By Valerie Beller
Located in Three Oaks, MI
Valerie Beller’s abstract paintings encourage visual exploration. Organic forms are both revealed and concealed amidst layers of paint. The streaked and stained surfaces of the canva...
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Early 2000s Abstract Valerie Beller Art
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Attic
By Valerie Beller
Located in Three Oaks, MI
Valerie Beller’s abstract paintings encourage visual exploration. Organic forms are both revealed and concealed amidst layers of paint. The streaked and stained surfaces of the canva...
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Early 2000s Abstract Valerie Beller Art
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Ibis
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Located in Three Oaks, MI
Valerie Beller’s abstract paintings encourage visual exploration. Organic forms are both revealed and concealed amidst layers of paint. The streaked and stained surfaces of the canva...
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Early 2000s Abstract Valerie Beller Art
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Hibiscus
By Valerie Beller
Located in Three Oaks, MI
Valerie Beller’s abstract paintings encourage visual exploration. Organic forms are both revealed and concealed amidst layers of paint. The streaked and stained surfaces of the canva...
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Early 2000s Abstract Valerie Beller Art
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Orbit
By Valerie Beller
Located in Three Oaks, MI
Valerie Beller’s abstract paintings encourage visual exploration. Organic forms are both revealed and concealed amidst layers of paint. The streaked and stained surfaces of the canva...
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Early 2000s Abstract Valerie Beller Art
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Canvas, Oil
Enigma
By Valerie Beller
Located in Three Oaks, MI
Valerie Beller’s abstract paintings encourage visual exploration. Organic forms are both revealed and concealed amidst layers of paint. The streaked and stained surfaces of the canva...
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Early 2000s Abstract Valerie Beller Art
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Marine
By Valerie Beller
Located in Three Oaks, MI
Valerie Beller’s abstract paintings encourage visual exploration. Organic forms are both revealed and concealed amidst layers of paint. The streaked and stained surfaces of the canva...
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Early 2000s Abstract Valerie Beller Art
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Oil, Canvas
Oyster
By Valerie Beller
Located in Three Oaks, MI
Valerie Beller’s abstract paintings encourage visual exploration. Organic forms are both revealed and concealed amidst layers of paint. The streaked and stained surfaces of the canva...
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Early 2000s Abstract Valerie Beller Art
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