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Valerie B Hird Landscape Paintings

American, b. 1955
Valerie Hird’s body of work is a visual compilation of the experiences, associations and memories collected in her trips through the Middle East, Northern Africa, Spain and Turkey. Hird creates a fascinating topography of her own through the landscapes conquered by her suggestive memories. Her work is organic, evocative, and extremely personal in its flow. We can see this distinct essence in her representations of the rocky arid mountains and the aroma of the perfumes sold by street venders. The elements, colors and patterns absorbed from her trips, take over the surface of her work. The cypresses from Granada are invaded by the Alhambra glazed tiles; the Turkish mountains adopt the kilim patterns; the nomadic people performing their daily tasks are camouflaged by the colors of their fabrics in the landscapes behind them. Not only the imagery itself, but the history, literature, myths and traditions from these countries are incorporated in her work. The meditation and investigation of creational myths from all over the world have led her into creating a multi-dimensional cosmology of her own, centered on the creation of the natural world. The connections between the cultures and their environment are processed in Hird’s paintings as a meditation on our contemporary world, leading to a growing concern with religious and cultural ambiguities. Using quotes and messages from extremist sects and cultural ideas from both the East and the West, she analyzes and unites them through their similarities rather than their differences. There remains a certain aesthetic connection in the representations of the countries she has visited, intertwined by the projections of her inner landscape. Hird’s work considers and connects cultural complexities, and presents them to the public to travel with her through their contemplation. Valerie Hird graduated with a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and a MFA from Vermont College. In 2008 she was granted an award from the Community Foundation of Vermont. Hird has worked and travelled throughout the Middle East, North of Africa, Southern Europe, Central Asia, and South America. Likewise, she has exhibited widely in the United States and abroad. Her work belongs to such public and corporate collections as The Rhode Island School of Design, Providence RI; The Fleming Museum, Burlington VT; The Exxon Corporation, Dallas, TX; and Pfizer Inc.; among others. Born in Massachusetts in 1955, Hird moved to Vermont in 1979, where she currently lives and works.
(Biography provided by Nohra Haime Gallery)
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Artist: Valerie B Hird
BREAK IN THE HORIZON
By Valerie B Hird
Located in New York, NY
VALERIE HIRD BREAK IN THE HORIZON, 2019 oil, monotypes, gesso, Arches paper, silver leaf, silver amulet 23 1/2 x 22 in. 59.7 x 55.9 cm. mythology
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2010s Contemporary Valerie B Hird Landscape Paintings

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Silver

SEA MYTH IV
By Valerie B Hird
Located in New York, NY
Valerie B Hird SEA MYTH IV, 2010 oil on gessoed BFK paper 16 x 33 in. 40.6 x 83.8 cm.
Category

2010s Contemporary Valerie B Hird Landscape Paintings

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Gesso, Paper, Oil

FLIGHT
By Valerie B Hird
Located in New York, NY
VALERIE HIRD FLIGHT, 2020 watercolor, Arches paper 23 x 46 in. 58.4 x 116.8 cm. mythology
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2010s Contemporary Valerie B Hird Landscape Paintings

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Watercolor, Archival Paper

VESSELS
By Valerie B Hird
Located in New York, NY
watercolor, silver leaf on BFK paper
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Valerie B Hird Landscape Paintings

Materials

Silver Leaf

LAND MYTH I
By Valerie B Hird
Located in New York, NY
oil painting on gessoed BFK paper, framed floating in white wood frame.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Valerie B Hird Landscape Paintings

Materials

Archival Paper, Oil

THE ELDER GODS WEREN'T MALE
By Valerie B Hird
Located in New York, NY
VALERIE HIRD THE ELDER GODS WEREN'T MALE, 2019 oil on gessoed Arches paper 80 x 150 in. 203.2 x 381 cm. each sheet 40 x 30 inches "Ancient Deity forms based on textiles collected du...
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2010s Contemporary Valerie B Hird Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Archival Paper

ELEMENTAL CANOPY
By Valerie B Hird
Located in New York, NY
oil painting on BFK paper, floated in white frame.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Valerie B Hird Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Archival Paper

PRIMAL SPRING
By Valerie B Hird
Located in New York, NY
watercolor on BFK paper, framed floated in white wood frame
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Valerie B Hird Landscape Paintings

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Archival Paper, Watercolor

TERO: EARTH
By Valerie B Hird
Located in New York, NY
oil painting
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21st Century and Contemporary Valerie B Hird Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

ORIGINATION II
By Valerie B Hird
Located in New York, NY
oil painting
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Valerie B Hird Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Sea Myth I
By Valerie B Hird
Located in New York, NY
Category

Contemporary Valerie B Hird Landscape Paintings

SEA ICON
By Valerie B Hird
Located in New York, NY
Category

Contemporary Valerie B Hird Landscape Paintings

LAND WIND MYTH I
By Valerie B Hird
Located in New York, NY
Category

Contemporary Valerie B Hird Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Linen

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