Val's Art Studio

My studio has them flocking all over the place! Contemplating silly drawn folk art style birds, and working them over with f...

"Let History Matter" ,  2010,  Mixed media and oil on collage base   by Valerie Hebert I am so in love with old homes. I love...

We are wishing a very Big Happy Birthday to my sweet son, Drew, who is 17 years old today!!! He is still up in beautiful Petaluma, where ...

My new paintings all have words < suggesting action>  incorporated into the body of the work... Swimming to find our way th...

Back in January, I told myself and the world that I would be simplifying my life after the first of the year, and after what always seems...

I sent this photo to Michelle at Paper Tales, and she called me right away, " Oh MY God !!! This has got to be the cutest thing y...

Rather, I should say 5 of them... Five big hot messy canvases staring me down whenever I walk into my studio. I just thought I'd take...

Do you ever get that way too? The organized side of my brain is all about sewing things professionally, then needle felting them with perfe...

It's always good to have things to look forward to, don't you agree? I love the excitement of trying something new, even if it'...

It's been a while since I put together art for an art opening. Though I guess the craft shows that I do are kind of like that... But in...

My hands stay busy while my mind wanders. In the wandering, my problems are pondered, and solutions found. Then, I can look and see wha...

After the busy holidays, I just need time to veg... and regroup... sit and ponder a bit over a cuppa tea... It does me so much good! ...

Image courtesy of Pinterest I, for one, will be glad to welcome in the New Year... Welcome new Possibilities, new Loves, new ways o...

I'd like to introduce you to a new kid in the blogworld... The Mom in the Arena. Well, it's actually Me! But Me in a different...

     To one and all!

Today is 12-12-12, and don't we like the simplicity of dates like these?! Ok, I'm not implying we are simple minded or anyth...

Whew, we are in the thick of things now that the first week of December has spun by! I don't know about you, but I can hardly keep...

Please, Rain, do not rain on me this Saturday! It's hard to do a dang cute show in the rain... Saturday is Artisans' Alley , w...

  Psst! Did you know this coming Saturday, Nov 24th is "Shop Small Saturday"? The idea is that you support your local merchants ...

We ask a lot of ourselves on a daily basis, don't we? We start by getting ourselves out of bed, and into the day, and it just goe...